PALLI BIDYUT SAMITY: Stern warning issued against striking workers

Staff Reporter :

The Power Division has instructed officials and employees of the Palli Bidyut Samity to return to their respective workplaces within the next 24 hours.

Failure to do so will result in legal action against those who have gone on work abstention, the division said in a statement issued on Sunday by Mohammad Shafiullah, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources.

The statement said that uninterrupted electricity supply is an essential service. Any obstruction or disruption in providing this service is a punishable offense under the Essential Services Act.

Efforts are underway to address the demands of the officials and employees of the Palli Bidyut Samity, and the government is sensitive to this matter.

Therefore, officials and employees engaged in supplying electricity in rural areas, who are currently absent under the name of mass leave, are directed to rejoin their workplaces within the next 24 hours. Otherwise, legal measures will be taken against them.

Earlier, demanding reforms in the Palli Bidyut system, elimination of job discrimination, and an end to harassment-based measures, the officials and employees of the Palli Bidyut Samity had announced an indefinite mass leave starting yesterday.