Gurgaon Hit by 16-Hour Power Cuts as Electricity Staff Strike Over Private Licence
· India · Times of India, Indian Express
A three-day strike by Haryana electricity department employees crippled power supply across Gurgaon on Thursday, leaving thousands of households without electricity and water. The strike began Wednesday night to protest the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission's decision to grant a parallel distribution licence to private company Eleven Power for Gurgaon and Nuh. DHBVN received more than 3,000 breakdown complaints in the first 12 hours and around 5,000 outage complaints on Thursday, while residents alleged helplines and local officials were unresponsive. Prolonged outages halted water supply as electricity-dependent boosting stations and household motors stopped working, with some localities reporting reserves would last only a few hours. Nearly 1,800 manufacturing units faced disruption and turned to diesel generators, though overheating and pollution norms limited their use. The agitation also affected Faridabad and Nuh, where residential areas and industrial units reported powe
Why it matters
Around 8.5 lakh electricity consumers in Gurgaon face extended blackouts and water scarcity, while industrial production halts threaten livelihoods and output in a major manufacturing hub.
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