: Power outage in Chandigarh for over 36 hours as electricity department staff protest privatisation #IndiaNEWS Residents in several parts of Chandigarh have been left without electricity for over 36

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Power outage in Chandigarh for over 36 hours as electricity department staff protest privatisation #IndiaNEWS
Residents in several parts of Chandigarh have been left without electricity for over 36 hours as the city’s power department employees are holding a three-day protest against privatisation of the services, reported India Today. The power outage has left many parts of the city without electricity and water and has also hampered the city’s hospitals and traffic management. Online classes have been shut down and industrial production and manufacturing units in some parts of the city have also been hit, reported NDTV.“We have a backup plan like we have generators,� Chandigarh Health Services Director Suman Singh told PTI. “But you cannot put 100% load of a hospital on a generator. So, we had to reschedule or postpone our planned surgeries.�The power supply has been restored in certain parts of Chandigarh like Sectors 44-A, 42-B, 33-B, 11-A, 15-C, 22-A 39, residents said, reported The Tribune. However, the outage continues in Sectors 51, 52, 36, 63, 4, 46, 22-D, 20-A, 21-A, 29 and 30 and parts of Sector 47, 34-C, 61 and Mani Majra areas."A lot of time has passed without electricity, no one is coming to help us, otherwise they come door-to-door during elections. This is the 1st time Chandigarh has experienced such shortage of electricity," said Kamla Devi, a homemaker...Read more

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