Traffic at Khairatabad comes to a standstill as power utilities employees stage protest
The Telangana State Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) had called for a ‘Chalo Vidyut Soudha’ programme at Khairatabad, demanding a pay revision commission, Employees Provident Fund.
Hyderabad: Traffic came to a standstill for a few hours at the ever busy Khairatabad when hundreds of all power utilities employees from across the State staged a protest at Vidyut Soudha here on Friday afternoon.
The Telangana State Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) had on Thursday called for a ‘Chalo Vidyut Soudha’ programme, demanding a pay revision commission, Employees Provident Fund among others.
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By afternoon, protestors from across the State, with large numbers from Hyderabad, Warangal and Khammam districts swarmed the office, blocking the roads leading to Punjagutta and Lakdi-ka-Pul.
Hundreds of vehicles, RTC buses, private vehicles and two-wheelers reaching the junction had a tough time.
The Traffic Police and Law and Order personnel reached the spot and cleared the traffic congestion in about two hours.
