Hyderabad, June 19 -- Power engineers at the Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Nalgonda district wore black badges on Friday, June 19, to protest the Telangana government's move to privatise the ash handling and coal handling operations at the plant, warning the agitation will intensify if the tenders are not withdrawn.

According to a Namasthe Telangana report, representatives of the Telangana Power Employees Joint Action Committee (TGPE JAC) submitted a memorandum to the TG Genco director demanding that the tender for handing over the Ash Handling Plant (AHP) and Coal Handling Plant (CHP) at YTPS to private firms be scrapped.The

The JAC said Units 1 and 2 under Stage-1 and Units 3 and 4 under Stage-2 of the plant are already bein...