Power supply in state likely to be affected as employees go on 3-day strike

MUMBAI: As many as seven employee unions of all three government-run power companies of Maharashtra are going on a three-day strike beginning Thursday midnight. This may impact supply in Mumbai’s eastern suburbs and elsewhere in the state where the companies provide electricity.

The unions are opposing restructuring of departments, parallel licensing to private companies and tariff-based competitive bidding, which they say will hasten privatisation of the sector.