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Over three lakh BSNL employees will go on an indefinite nation-wide strike from Tuesday against the Centre's proposal to sell stake in the state-owned telecom firm and plans to offer voluntary retirement to employees.

"The strike began at 6 am this morning at all centres except Delhi where it started at 10 am," convenor of the Joint Action Committee of BSNL Associations and Unions VAN Namboodiri said

Meanwhile, BSNL is working working on a contingency plan with over 10,000 senior staff, who are not participating in the strike, besides senior ITS cadre employees, to ensure services are not affected, its Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal said.

Around 150,000 workers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will started a two-day strike from Wednesday demanding a higher wage revision.

The All India Graduate Telecom Officers Association (AIGETOA) of engineers went on an indefinite strike demanding that officers on deputation from the department of telecom be absorbed into the company so that they become more accountable.

The strike by the engineers would impact operations of the telecom firm as most of the striking engineers are head technical teams in different zonal offices. Customer services like collections and fault repairs would also be affected from tomorrow because of the participation of the non-technical staff, according to the unions.