Strikes in NTPC units in Telangana prohibited

Special Chief Secretary Ajay Misra has issued a notification extending prohibition of strikes in public interest in any services in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) in the State, declaring it as an essential service under the provisions of the Telangana Essential Services Maintenance Act for a period six



months with effect from January 21.

The order further reads that in the circumstances reported by the HR manager and after careful consideration of the matter, the government was satisfied that it was necessary and expedient to prohibit strikes in NTPC.