Seemandhra power employees to go ahead with 72-hour strike in AP
12 Sep 2013 11:51 PM GMT
Contradicting the claim by the chief minister’s office, the Joint Action Committee of electricity employees of Andhra-Rayalaseema region announced late tonight that it would launch a 72-hour strike from midnight on Wednesday protesting the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The chief minister’s office in the evening had issued a statement, saying that electricity employees had agreed to defer their indefinite strike from Thursday.
The JAC leaders, however, clarified subsequently that they would observe a 72-hour strike from midnight on Wednesday.
‘We are not concerned with the CMO statement. We are going on strike but will ensure power supply to railways, hospitals and water supply schemes,’ the JAC leaders said.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held talks with the Joint Action Committee leaders at his camp residence this evening and asked them to call off the strike.
‘On behalf of all the power utilities in the state, we appeal to all electricity employees, who have served the strike notice, to reconsider their proposed strike, taking the prevailing situation of power in the state into cognisance,’ CMDs of Transco, Genco and AP Central Power Distribution Company appealed.
The chief minister’s office in the evening had issued a statement, saying that electricity employees had agreed to defer their indefinite strike from Thursday.
The JAC leaders, however, clarified subsequently that they would observe a 72-hour strike from midnight on Wednesday.
‘We are not concerned with the CMO statement. We are going on strike but will ensure power supply to railways, hospitals and water supply schemes,’ the JAC leaders said.
Earlier, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy held talks with the Joint Action Committee leaders at his camp residence this evening and asked them to call off the strike.
‘On behalf of all the power utilities in the state, we appeal to all electricity employees, who have served the strike notice, to reconsider their proposed strike, taking the prevailing situation of power in the state into cognisance,’ CMDs of Transco, Genco and AP Central Power Distribution Company appealed.
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