Jayalalithaa seeks Prime Minister’s intervention

Chennai: Perceiving a possible loss of 1450 MW of power Tamil Nadu would incur in the event of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation workers going on a strike, chief Minister Jayalalithaa sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to put a stop on the protest. Workers from recognised unions were on an indefinite strike seeking an early and satisfactory wage revision settlement. Amma wrote a letter to Mode, noting that the NLC was one of the main power sources for the state and procures 1450 MW. She urged that as the NLC was a profit-making public sector undertaking, the Prime Minister should instruct the Coal Ministry to immediately look into the workers' grievances and settle the issue amicably. The issue had to be resolved at the earliest to ensure uninterrupted power supply and in the interest of the industrial climate of the State, she said.