UP: Power department employees end strike after talks with govt

Updated: Mar 19 2023 7:25PM

UP: Power department employees end strike after talks with govt

Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh electricity department employees on Sunday ended their 72-hour strike after several rounds of talks between their leaders and state energy minister A K Sharma, saying the decision was taken to "respect the directions of the chief minister".

The protesting employees, who had started their strike at 10 pm on March 16, announced to call it off at around 3 pm on Sunday.

"A number of rounds of talks were held (with the government). We raised our problems and the (energy) minister agreed positively to fix them.

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