Protest continues; trains, airports, hospital services hit across Andhra by nikhilndls on 08 October, 2013 - 08:00 PM | ||
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nikhilndls | Protest continues; trains, airports, hospital services hit across Andhra on 08 October, 2013 - 08:00 PM | |
Parts of southern India stared at dark days and huge industrial losses as the southern power grid creaked on Tuesday with workers at generating units shutting down thermal plants. Thousands of villages and towns remained cut off from power supply due to electricity employees' strike protesting bifurcation of the state.On October 3, the Union Cabinet had decided to go ahead with the process for the creation of a separate Telangana state carved out from Andhra Pradesh.The electricity employees strike has badly hit power supply to all major establishments and services including airports, railways, and hospitals and for supply of drinking water. |