150 Staffs Held Hostage In Bihar Over Unlawful Power Demand

PATNA/AURANGABAD: 

A state-run power corporation on Monday claimed that around one hundred and fifty of their workers and also their members of the family have been held hostage by a grouping of people asking for unlawful power provide to their villages in Bihar's Aurangabad region .

The 150 staffs of the Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Corporation Limited ( BRBCL ) and even their members of the family are being held hostage in a township since Sunday evening by the people of Surar and also neighbouring villages, Vishwanath Chandan, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) manager, Patna, told Press Trust of India.

"The power produced by the BRBCL is supplied to the railways together with Bihar government . Transmission and supply of the produced electricity is not in our domain and we can not provide electricity to any other entity ," Mr Chandan stated .

An FIR was made that being said the villagers pelted stones , burnt tyres at the central entrance of the Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited ( BRBCL ) township and even breaksupplies of vital goods for example milk , vegetables and medicines by not permitting anybody either to come into or leave the township . Over hundred villagers are blocking the township .

BRBCL is a joint venture between NTPC and Indian Railways located in Aurangabad. BRBCL has been envisaged with 1000MW (4X250MW) capacity.