Demanding the Tamil Nadu Government to withdraw the announcements made by the Tangedco with regard to revision in electricity tariff and among others, about 1,000 members representing various industries and their employees from Madurai and a few southern districts participated in the day-long hunger strike in Madurai city on Monday.
Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (MADITSSIA) president R.M. Lakshminarayanan said that after the State Government did not fulfil their “genuine” demands, various associations and industrial outfits from south Tamil Nadu joined the State Industrial Power Consumers’ Federation to press the government to revoke the announcements.
The government, he said, should help the industries, especially, the small and MSME units revive from the losses suffered in the past. At a time, when some of the sectors were looking up to come out of the red, the series of guidelines from the Tangedco had come as a rude shock. and a big blow.
