Bhubaneswar, Nov. 23 -- Bhubaneswar: In a legislation re-designed to prevent and curb the 'illegal' strikes across the State, the State Legislative Assembly on Monday passed the Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Act Amendment Bill, 2020, amidst strong disapproval by the legislators of the Opposition parties.

As per reports, any person found instigating and funding illegal strikes henceforth will be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and/or imposed a fine up to Rs 5,000.

Further, this law also has the power to prohibit strike in certain employments which means no person employed in any essential service (fire services department, excise, forest, prison, reforms, electronics and other services) to w...