HYDERABAD: As many as 200 artisans working in Genco, Transco and Discom were terminated from service on the first day of the strike by the employees of power utilities on Tuesday. There are about 22,500 artisans working in power utilities in the State. But, only 20 per cent of them went on strike on Tuesday. Those who were terminated included Telangana Vidyut Employees Union General Secretary S Sailu and Grade-1 Artisan Union office bearer J Sivasankar.
