It had sought exclusion of non-manufacturing units from a tariff category The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has ruled that the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (Tangedco) can seek the exclusion of non-manufacturing units from a particular tariff category only when filing the next tariff petition.
Tangedco had filed a petition seeking tariff clarification in respect of establishments where no manufacturing activity is being carried out and charged under ‘HT Tariff I A’ based on registered factories licences and under ‘LT Tariff III B’ without any certificate for manufacturing of goods.
Various establishments
It mentioned establishments like packaging units, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation workshops, pumping of oil and gas units, central preparation units of food/sweets/bakery, prawn and shrimp culture units, battery charging units and reverse osmosis plants.
TNSTC staff continue strike overtransfer of four employees
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AAA Though the State-wide strike by the Opposition transport trade unions was called off on Saturday, a section of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) employees continued their agitation at Sungam depot-II in the city demanding the Coimbatore Division of the Corporation to cancel the transfers of four employees.
Protesting trade unions including the LPF, CITU, AITUC and INTUC said that four TNSTC employees namely driver S. Mohanraj, conductors N. Thirumoorthy, R. Kamaraj and checking inspector P. Selvaraj were transferred to other locations from Sungam-II depot and Ukkadam. The four employees had actively taken part in the strike on Friday.
52% of buses operated in Coimbatore, Tiruppur districts
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Passengers waiting at a bus stop in Town Hall area in the city on Friday. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M
On the second day of the strike called by transport trade unions, the Coimbatore Division of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) on Friday operated around 52% of buses in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts.
Transport officials said that out of 864 town and mofussil buses available for Coimbatore district, only 454 buses (52.5%) were operated on Friday. This marked a decline from Thursday as around 663 buses or around 76% were operated in the district.
Strike affects TNSTC bus services in Erode, Salem
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Commuters in rural and hilly areas hit hard
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Passengers boarding a jam-packed private bus at the New Bus Stand in Salem on Friday.
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Commuters in rural and hilly areas hit hard
With the indefinite strike by transport trade unions entering second day on Friday, less than 50% of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses were operated here causing hardship to commuters, particularly students and working people.
A large number of commuters were seen waiting at bus stops in the morning and the private buses ran jam-packed throughout the day. The situation was worse in rural areas and on the city outskirts as school and college students, workers and other people waited for long hours for buses.
However, CITU claimed around 65 % of the buses were not operated
Despite the strike called by transport trade unions, the Coimbatore division of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) claimed that over 70 % of buses were operated in Coimbatore district on Thursday.
According to TNSTC officials, around 663 town and mofussil buses out of the total 868 buses were operated within Coimbatore district. All these buses were operated using permanent government employees such as drivers, conductors and supervisors and no contract workers were utilised. Due to this, the commuters in the district were not affected, they claimed.
However, general secretary of CITU Coimbatore unit M. Velankanni Raj claimed that around 65 % of the buses were not operated in the district on Thursday and that only 20 buses were operated per TNSTC branch in the district.