category Regional,, tags Regional,, DW BUREAU Punjab, Haryana , UP and other Power Engineers Associations across the country have urged the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh to intervene and direct power sector officials to immediately implement the July 7 agreement between the state and power engineers. VK Gupta, spokesperson of the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said that three rounds of talks between the electricity workers and the managing director of the power management company had yielded no results. After this, 70,000 electricity workers are on strike. The government has declared the proposed strike of electricity workers of Madhya Pradesh from today (October 6) illegal. The government has imposed ESMA and warned the workers going on strike of strict action. It is believed that the strike may create a blackout situation in the state, Gupta said. Gupta said that the AIPEF and all state constituents are in support of MP Power engineers and employees indefinite strike started today from midnight of 05 06 October. Ajay Pal Singh Atwal, State General Secretary PSEB Engineers Association, in a letter to the Chief Minister on October 4, said that if the government fails to meet the demands in time, power engineers and employees of Madhya Pradesh will go on an indefinite work boycott from October 6. Vijendra Lamba, President of the Haryana Power Engineers Association, said that even after three months, all the demands are pending. The written agreement signed by the state government with power engineers on July 7 should be respected and implemented without any delay. (editor dailyworld.in)