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A section of powerloom workers in five districts have threatened to go on hunger strike if the state government increased the power tariff, as proposed by Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Joint Committee of Powerloom Owners and Job workers Associations of Tirupur, Namakkal, Erode, Karur and Coimbatore districts held at nearby Somanur, committee sources said.
The meeting while appealing the government not to go with the proposal to hike power tariff, also requested to reduce the hike effected last year or to subsides the increase, the sources said.
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