Power generation may fall coal workers go on strike

KOLKATA: The planned strike at Coal IndiaNSE 0.49 % on Tuesday is likely to hit power supply as plants with thousands of megawatts of generation capacity have fuel stocks only for a day or less.

Worker at the coal behemoth are going on a tool-down strike on September 24 to protest against the government’s decision last month to allow 100% foreign direct investment in coal mining under the automatic route