The power sector in Kerala witnessed Statewide protests on Monday against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
Employees in the sector boycotted work and participated in dharnas in over 1,000 centres alleging that “the pro-corporate Bill” gives free rein to private players in power distribution. More than 25,000 power sector workers and officers participated in the protests organised under the aegis of the Kerala chapter of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), a broad platform of trade unions in the power sector.
Senior leaders, including MP and CITU State general secretary Elamaram Kareem, CPI State secretary Kanam Rajendran and INTUC R. Chandrasekharan, addressed the protest meetings.