Power supply to all categories of consumers is likely to be affected in Telangana from zero hours on Monday, from the intervening midnight of Sunday-Monday, as generation, transmission and distribution activities are set to be impacted with the employees and engineers of the utilities going on a strike for a day as a measure of their strong opposition to the amendments planned by the Centre to the Electricity Act.
All employees unions forming part of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) and also other federations such as Telangana Electricity Employees Joint Action Committee (TEEJAC), TS Power Employees JAC (TSPEJAC) and All India Power Engineers Federation in the State have decided to go on a day’s strike from duties from zero hours on Monday with the Centre likely to introduce the Electricity (Amendment) Bill in Parliament during the day.
The power employees and engineers’ bodies have decided to boycott duties at all generating stations, corporate offices, circle and division offices by sporting black badges and stage protests. A protest is also being planned at Mint Compound. However, they have asked those manning the emergency duties such as managing generation, load dispatch and transmission and distribution activity till sub-station level.
