Amid major power breakdown due to the indefinite strike of thousands of Power Development Department employees in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration sought help from the Army to restore electricity in the region.
Over 20,000 employees, including engineers, have gone on an indefinite strike since Friday night 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.
The strike has resulted in a complete breakdown of electricity in several districts of the union territory (UT), including Jammu and Srinagar cities. The J&K administration has held several rounds of talks with the representatives of the protesting employees.
