Thousands of Indian Coal Workers End Strike
Source: ABC News-AP
NEW DELHI
Around half a million coal workers in India called off their strike following an assurance by the government it wouldn't sell state-run Coal India Ltd. to private investors.
They ended their protest late Wednesday after Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal assured them that Coal India, which accounts for 80 percent of India's coal production, would not be privatized and the interests of workers would be protected.
The concessions to the coal workers are a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wants to open India's mostly state-run coal mines to private players as part of a wide-ranging economic overhaul.
The two-day strike hit supplies to nearly 100 coal-fired power plants. Most coal-fired power plants have stocks of coal to last up to four days.
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Couldn't the title reflect the correct number on strike in the first line of the story?
