Decision to call army, help sought from Punjab-Haryana and now Himachal Pradesh too

The Chandigarh Administration will take the help of the Army to restore the power supply in Chandigarh. According to the information, Dharampal, Advisor to the Administrator, has decided to take the help of Military Engineering Service (MES) of Western Command at Chandimandir to restore power. Apart from this, along with Punjab-Haryana, now help is also being sought from Himachal Pradesh.

MES is one of the oldest and largest government defense infrastructure development agencies in India. It primarily manages engineering and construction works for the Indian Armed Forces including the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Medical Factories, DRDO and the Indian Coast Guard.

Esma protest, employee leader underground

The Joint Action Committee and the Coordination Committee have opposed the imposition of ESMA by the administration. Both the committees said that we criticize the Chandigarh Administration for imposing ESMA on the striking employees. Committee coordinator Ashwani Kumar and Coordination Committee general secretary Rakesh Kumar and head Satinder Singh said that the power workers are opposing the sale of profit making department to private hands. Privatization must be stopped. Take back Esma.

On the other hand, after going to install ESMA, the phones of many employee leaders were switched off. According to the information, all the staff leaders have gone to secret places. Sources also tell that the leaders are engaged in strategizing by talking to their people in a secret way. According to the information, raids are being conducted to nab the employee leaders.

Police stations in the dark, traffic light points also remained closed

Most of the traffic light points in the city remained closed due to power outage. However, traffic policemen were stationed at these light points. Policemen parked at intersections and light points from morning till evening and got vehicles out. This did not cause any problem to the people. At the same time, during the strike in Sector-17, adequate arrangements were made for the security of the police. On the other hand, computers remained shut for several hours due to no electricity in many police stations of the city. At the same time, work was not affected due to battery backup in some police stations.

Police officials said that around 100 policemen were deployed during the strike. Apart from this, policemen were also deployed outside the electricity complaint centers so that there is no ruckus of any kind. There was electricity in the police headquarters in Sector-9, while there were no lights in many police stations of the city.