Power Supply Back In J&K As Staff Call Off Protest After Midnight Talks
NDTV
Electricity has been restored in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir after protesting employees of the Power Development Department called off their strike after written assurance from the administration to put on hold the proposed privatisation of the power sector.
An official team led by Divisional commissioner Ragav Langar held fresh talks on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday with the employee's association and gave them a written assurance.
Soon after the midnight agreement, power employees started restoration of electricity and power was restored in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Twenty-thousand employees had gone on indefinite strike against the government move to merge J&K Power Development Department into the Power Grid Corporation of India and the handing over of the assets to private companies.
