Power strike disrupts supply across Haryana, residents block roads as outages hit 15 districts

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Oct 22 (UNI) A strike by electricity employees protesting the grant of a parallel power distribution licence to a private company in Gurugram and Nuh disrupted supply across large parts of Haryana on Thursday, triggering road blockades, water shortages and public anger, with outages reported even in Power Minister Anil Vij's Ambala Cantonment constituency. The disruption was reported across 15 districts or administrative areas, including Gurugram, Hisar, Hansi, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Jhajjar, Faridabad, Panipat, Panchkula, Rohtak, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Ambala, according to local reports. Residents complained that electricity faults remained unattended as striking employees stayed away…