Wapda/Electricity Workers held a large
meeting to pressed a great concern over the rising
accidents of line staff and demanded to the Federal and the Provincial
Governments and to get enforced Safety and Health Laws through Independent Labour
Inspection Machinery in conformity with ILO Convention No.81 and 155 and
prevent tragic accidents and occupational diseases of the workers engaged in Electricity, Transport, Chemical, Mines, Engineering,
Construction etc.
The meeting has also called for a wind back of electricity industry reforms by urging the Prime Minister of Pakistan to merge all Distribution Companies
under WAPDA to provide better services to electricity consumes instead of
placing Private Board of Directors and demanded to the Prime Minister to
allocate adequate resources for developing Hydel Generation for providing
cheaper electricity @ Rs.1.50/- per unit to the national Industries,
Agriculture, Commerce and common citizens whereas the private Power Houses had
been providing electricity @ Rs.16 per unit.
A resolution demanding the Federal and Provincial Governments to check the high price hike and essential commodities
The meeting was addressed by Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary of the Union as well as Rana Abdul Shakoor, Muzaffar Mateen, Ch. Maqsood, Javed Iqbal, Osama Tariq, Zafar Shah,
