DHAKA: Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) employees on Monday have organized a demonstration and sit-in program presenting their 20-point demands to the government.

The demands include the regularization of 1349 DPDC staff and a rapid implementation of the verdicts of the war criminals.

The program, started at 10:30am in front of Bidyut Bhaban on Nawab Abdul Gani Road in city, will continue till 5:00pm in the day.

Speakers at the program said that Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, promised to fulfill their 20-point demands by the last August.

But no initiative was taken to implement the demands, they complained.

The speakers further said that the workers face hassles in performing their duties. They also face harassment, transfer and even termination.

They also threatened to impose tougher movement if their demands are not met.

DPDC staff Fazlul Haque Montu, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Mohammad Aminul Haque, Khan Sirajul Islam and KM Azam Khasru addressed the demonstration, led by DPDC unit of ruling Awami League’s labor wing Sramik League president Aminul Islam.

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BDST: 1530 HRS, NOV 10, 2014