Around 2000 employees of the electricity department began an indefinite strike in Puducherry on Tuesday in protest against the move by the Union territory government to privatise distribution and transmission of power.
The call for an indefinite strike was given by the Engineers and Employees Association to protest the government’s move.
Police were deployed in strength at all the installations and other vulnerable areas here. Employees turned up at the head office of the department in neighbouring Sonampalayam and held demonstrations condemning the privatisation plan.
