ISLAMABAD: Employees of WAPDA held a protest and sit-in in front of National Press Club (NPC). They marched to Parliament House against the possible privatization of WAPDA.
The protest was held under the aegis of “All Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Workers Union CBA along with Engineers Association and was participated from all the provinces and federal capital.
The protestors demanded to the government to accord high priority to raise cheaper electricity through hydel and coal fired thermal power stations costing Rs 1.50 and Rs 7 per unit respectively in comparison with high priced furnace oil thermal power stations costing Rs 18 to 30 per unit and not to privatise national public utility electricity since it is the constitutional obligation of the state to provide cheaper electricity to the people and the industry, commerce and agriculture of the country.
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