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• Under the banner of the Assam State Electricity Supply Mazdoor Union, electricity employees submitted a memorandum to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi through the Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner demanding immediate measures to solve the problem of power crisis on micro and macro level schemes.The memorandum submitted to the chief minister said the ongoing projects to generate electricity should be vigorously pursued for their timely completion. The employees also suggested that new power generation projects should be taken up by the Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGCL), the entity successor to the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) .
• The memorandum further stated that this alone can make the successor entities self-reliant as they will no longer be forced to purchase power from other agencies like NEEPCO, NTPC, NHPC or PEBI at 'exorbitant' rates 'arbitrarily' fixed by them.The memorandum also pointed out that the employees are becoming victims of public wrath for power shortage, which according to the union, is the government's deliberate and wrong power policy. The employees demanded proper security.
• Addressing the employees, Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) leader Tapan Sarma and state convenor of Joint Council of Trade Unions ( JCTU) Satanjib Das stressed on the adverse impacts of neo-liberal economic policies on the power sector.Both the leaders emphasized the need for optimal utilization of the available oil, coal, gas and hydro-potential of Assam. They lamented the need for chronic load shedding for long periods despite the abundance of resources in the state.

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