Thousands of employees of the Power Development Department have gone on indefinite strike resulting in a major outage amid extreme cold wave that has pushed large parts of Jammu and Kashmir to the brink.
The situation has demanded the government to call in the army that has been assisting the state-run power firms to restore power.
The valley is already facing long power cuts during winters because of the huge gap between supply and demand.
As many as 20,000 employees are protesting 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.
