Chennai: Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to end at the earliest the strike by trade unions of Neyveli Lignite Corporation. This would be in the interest of industrial climate of the state and also in ensuring uninterrupted power supply, she said.
In a letter to Mr Modi on Thursday, Jayalalithaa said that Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is one of the main sources of power for Tamil Nadu and about 1,450 mw is procured by the state from the NLC Complex.
“I have been given to understand that the wage settlement for NLC workers is due from January 1, 2012 and though they have been given interim relief in June 2014, their wage settlement has not been made so far. I have also been informed that NLC is a profit making Public Sector Undertaking.”
She requested Modi to instruct the Ministry of Coal to immediately look into the grievances of the NLC workers and settle the issue amicably. The workers belonging to the recognised unions of NLC have gone on indefinite strike from July 20 seeking an early and satisfactory wage revision settlement, she said.
