As per reports, power supply disruptions have affected residential and industrial areas across Haryana following the electricity employees’ strike scheduled from Thursday to Saturday (22–24 October). Around 40,000 employees are participating in opposition to a 25-year parallel distribution licence granted to Eleven Power Private Limited for Gurugram and Nuh. Unattended breakdowns have prolonged outages in several locations.
The following are the latest developments as of Friday (23 October):
• Gurugram outages have affected more than 50,000 households in the old city, with DHBVN receiving around 5,000 complaints. Supply remained disrupted in several localities, with affected areas including Sector 5, Sector 7, Palam Vihar and Daulatabad. Prolonged cuts have exhausted inverter backups and interrupted water pumping and internet connectivity.
• Industrial disruption has been reported in Kadipur, Basai and IMT Manesar. Manufacturing units have experienced production interruptions, with generator capacity insufficient to sustain some operations during extended outages. Power disruptions have also affected Faridabad and Nuh. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• Residents blocked Kaithal Road in Karnal and a road near Lakhani Dharamshala in Faridabad’s NIT area on Thursday (22 October), protesting electricity and water shortages. Supply disruption has also been reported in Hisar, Hansi, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Jhajjar, Panipat, Panchkula, Rohtak, Jind, Kaithal, Yamunanagar and Ambala.
• Authorities have deployed police at substations and cancelled electricity personnel’s leave. Gurugram’s administration has directed contingency arrangements for hospitals, water installations, Metro services and other essential facilities. The state government has announced plans to challenge the licensing decision before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity and appealed for employees to resume work.
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