Haryana’s power crisis has disrupted electricity supply across 23 districts, leaving an estimated eight to 10 lakh homes without power and affecting schools, industries, water supply and internet connectivity in Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal and adjoining areas. The disruption followed a strike by around 40,000 electricity workers protesting against privatisation, according to a report by Live Hindustan.
Gurugram and Faridabad have reported some of the most extensive outages. Around half of Gurugram was reportedly affected, along with about 50 surrounding villages. In Faridabad, electricity supply was disrupted across roughly half the district from Wednesday night, with several areas facing outages for more than 24 hours.
The disruption has also affected schools. More than 10 schools in Faridabad reportedly declared a holiday on Friday after prolonged power cuts affected normal educational activity. School managements informed parents through mobile messages. The outages also interrupted Wi-Fi services in homes and affected water supply in areas where residents depend on electric pumps.
Residents in several locations protested as the outages continued. In Gurugram’s Rajendra Park area, residents blocked Railway Road on Thursday evening after a prolonged power cut. The report said hundreds of people gathered on the road, while police later intervened and cleared the blockade after about an hour. Residents also raised complaints against officials and employees of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, or DHBVN.
Faridabad saw demonstrations and road blockades at Lakhani Chowk, Saran Chowk, the Ballabhgarh-Tigaon Road, Parvatiya Colony, the Number Two electricity office and Pyali Chowk. Residents also gathered at substations in Sector 2, Ajronda, NIT-5, Palla and Kheri Gujran. A road was reportedly blocked near Jharsentli village, while residents in NIT-3 protested at Masjid Chowk. Police were deployed at several locations amid concerns over further confrontation.
The operational impact was reflected in the number of unresolved complaints and equipment failures. The Faridabad electricity control room reportedly received around 2,500 complaints that could not be resolved immediately. Around 50 feeders were reported to have broken down, affecting homes, markets and industrial areas. Production at some industrial units was said to have fallen by about 50 percent.
The report listed 28 11-kilovolt feeders and one 33-kilovolt power station as non-operational in Gurugram, affecting around 50,000 homes. Faridabad reportedly had 43 11-kilovolt feeders and two 33-kilovolt power stations shut, while Palwal had 30 11-kilovolt and three 33-kilovolt units affected. Rewari reported 22 non-operational 11-kilovolt feeders. In Narnaul, 40 33-kilovolt power stations and 21 11-kilovolt feeders were reported to be out of service.
The report said one feeder generally supplies electricity to between 1,500 and 2,000 homes, indicating the scale of the network disruption. DHBVN’s managing director was sending hourly updates on closed feeders and power stations to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Power Minister Anil Vij. The immediate administrative response, including restoration of feeders and protection of substations, remains the next operational milestone as the strike continues.
