New staff appointed in U.P.

LUCKNOW, JAN. 24. The Uttar Pradesh Government today issued appointment letters to 50 junior power engineers to replace the dismissed striking employees of the State Electricity Board as the stand-off between the two sides continued, an official spokesman here said.

The newly appointed junior engineers had appeared in the competitive examination and interviews held last year, he said, adding that the Government would appoint more engineers to fill in the vacancies caused by the termination of the striking employees, who are agitating against restructuring the loss- making board. The process for recruiting assistant engineers would start from January 27, he said.

The Government has also invited applications for appointing clerks and technicians to replace the terminated employees, he added.

About 90,000 employees of the UPSEB struck work for the tenth day today to protest the trifurcation of the board.

Four rounds of talks have been held so far with the government sticking to its stand to trifurcate the UPSEB and the striking leaders demanding immediate withdrawal of the notification to this effect.

Efforts to hold fresh rounds of negotiations between the two sides failed to make any headway last night as the U. P. Powermen Joint Action Committee (UPPJAC) demanded the release of their three key arrested leaders so that talks could be held with them to evolve a consensus on issues to be discussed during the negotiations.

- PTI

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