HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Employees of Water and Power Development Authority would observe a tool down strike in all the powerhouses of the country on Oct 30 in protest against the bifurcation and privatisation of the authority, freezing of allowances for past five years and non-payment of Eid bonus, said the chairman of All-Pakistan Powerhouses Administrative Committee, Mohammad Sajan Panhwar, on Sunday.

He said at a meeting of the committee at Jamshoro Thermal Power Station that the workers would not tolerate the authority’s bifurcation and privatisation and accused Wapda of taking anti-workers steps to provoke them.

Mr Panhwar who is also central vice-president of Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) said that if the employees’ problems were not resolved they would be forced to launch a movement and appealed to the president and prime minister to help resolve all the contentious issues between Wapda administration and CBA union.