Even as the mass general strike of the Telangana employees entered the fifth day today, the JAC of the Telangana Auto Unions and the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh today announced a two-day auto strike on September 19 and 20 as a token of support to the ongoing agitation aimed at achieving the Telangana state.
The two-day strike is also to protest against the steep hike in petrol prices, said Mr Ravi sankar, the spokesman of the JAC in Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, thousands of workers continued to boycott their duties in the Singareni Collieries across the coal belt in Telangana for the fifth day in succession today as part of the mass general strike which began on September 13. The strike has resulted in the heavy loss of production to the company.
Blockade of national highways
Telangana political JAC convener, Prof. Kodanda ram, said today that the JAC activists will resort to blockade of the national highways around Hyderabad on September 19 as part of the mass general strike for achieving Telangana state.
The blockade will take place around Hyderabad city and also up to Kodada, Almapur, Zaheerabad and Adilabad on the four national highways.
Speaking to the JAC activists after hoisting the national and Telangana flags in the JAC office on the occasion of Telangana Accession Day, Kodanda ram said that the mass general strike will continue till Telangana state is achieved. “In the coming days, the agitation and the mass general strike will be intensified,” he said.
