Members of the trade unions affiliated to the Left parties led by the leaders of the CPI, CPI (M), Congress and CPI (ML) Mass Line (Praja Pandha) taking out a rally in Khammam during the nationwide general strike on Wednesday (July 9, 2025).
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Coal mining operations were hit in the coal mines of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) across its 11 areas spanning six districts in Telangana, as the pan-India general strike began on Wednesday morning (July 9, 2025). Ten Central trade unions called for the strike to protest the Centre’s “anti-labour” policies.
Workers owing allegiance to the JAC of Singareni trade unions, barring the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) affiliated Singareni Coal Mines Karmika Sangh, struck work in the SCCL’s coal mines in the first shift in response to the nationwide strike, according to the trade unions’ JAC sources.
Formation of human chains, dharnas and rallies marked the protest programmes organized by the JAC of trade unions in Godavarikhani, Mandamarri, Kothagudem and other coals towns in Telangana’s coal belt.
Members of the Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) led by the union leaders staging a demonstration in Godavarikhani of Peddapalli district as part of the nationwide general strike on Wednesday (July 9, 2025).
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Members of the AITUC-affiliated Singareni Collieries Workers’ Union, which is the SCCL’s recognized union, the CITU-affiliated Singareni Collieries Employees’ Union, Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) and various other unions formed a human chain in the coal hub of Godavarikhani in Peddapalli district. The demonstrators raised slogans demanding the repeal of the Centre’s four labour codes terming them as most detrimental to the interests of the working class. They vowed to defend the hard-won labour rights.
The one-day strike is expected to cause a revenue loss of around ₹76 crore to the coal mining company, SCCL sources said citing the appeal made by the company management to the workers to desist from the general strike as it would adversely impact coal production and dispatches.
Meanwhile, the activists of the CPI (M) and its frontal organisations staged a demonstration in front of the bus depot in Bhadrachalam of Bhadradri Kothagudem district in support of the general strike.
The demonstrators blocked the movement of buses for some time in the morning as a mark of protest against what they called the Centre’s “anti-labour” policies.
Published – July 09, 2025 01:05 pm IST
