KPTCL staff reject talks: Karnataka’s power supply likely to be hit from March 15

Power supply is likely to be hit in the state from Thursday onwards as employees of the KPTCL and electricity supply companies have rejected Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar’s calls for negotiations on a pay raise.

The strike call is another bad news for the state government, just weeks before the Assembly elections. The Road Transport Corporations (RTCs) have already vowed to go on strike from March 21 onwards for better pay.

R H Lakshmipathi, president of the Karnataka Electricity Board Employees’ Union and Association, said that they would go ahead with the strike and there was nothing to negotiate.