The South Central Railway (SCR) Sunday cancelled 24 passenger and four express trains as the electricity supply to railways was also hit. The cancelled train services include Vijayawada-Ongole, Guduru-Ongole, Tenali-Guntur and Tirupati-Guduru.
The strike may affect electricity generation and supply not just in the 13 districts of Seemandhra, but may also hit transmission in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana region.
The strike may also hit the southern grid as all four southern states -- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu -- are inter-linked.
Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy appealed to employees to call off the strike in view of the hardships to people. He reviewed the situation with the officials of Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (AP Transco) and Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation (AP Genco).
The disruption of supply in Seemandhra area particularly in the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, Ananthapur, Kurnool was found to be quite worrisome, said a statement from the chief minister's office.
