Shimla, Feb. 11 -- The employees of Himachal Pradesh's power department held protests on Monday over 'abolition' of posts even as the state government reiterated that no such step was being taken.

Employees wore black batches to work to show their opposition to the move.

The protesters continued to work in the office hours, 10 am to 5 pm, but said they will not provide emergency services beyond those hours.

On February 11, engineers and employees from across the state had organised protests in Hamirpur against the state government.

"The protest will be held in Hamirpur and then in other districts. Further course of action will be decided during protests," said Hiralal Verma, convener of the Joint Action Committee of engineers and empl...