00:01The big news break is coming in from NCR in Gurugram and other cities and districts, I credit myself for
00:07Haryana, where there's a complete power shortage and that is leading to protests on the ground as well.
00:13One is because of a strike by the electricity department, government department employees, who've been on a three-day strike.
00:19So now there's a meeting happening, as was scheduled, between the minister, Anilvich, and their employees.
00:25Within 12 hours, ladies and gentlemen, from midnight to morning, 5,500 complaints were received by the electricity department and,
00:34of course, by the customers, by people living in and around Haryana, from Gurugram to new parts of Rivadi as
00:41well, where protests have broken out.
00:42This three-day strike is among the employees who have basically put forth demands against privatization of the electricity department.
00:51They are saying this will lead to a loss of jobs.
00:53This will also then lead to certain revenue issues as well.
00:58Aseem Basi is joining. Aseem, tell me more about this meeting between Anilvich and the striking employees. What is being
01:04discussed and will they be able to resolve it for the night today?
01:11Well, just to tell you, there is a delay in the meeting. The meeting was due to start between Power
01:17Minister Anilvich and the agitating employees' unions at around 3 p.m. in PWD West House in Panchkola.
01:22But it's been one hour and we are standing there at the meeting venue. The meeting is yet to start,
01:27although Power Minister Anilvich has already arrived. He is inside a room behind me.
01:33Well, on that side, there is a conference room where the meeting will take place. But as of now, the
01:39meeting has not started.
01:40The meeting has not started and it has learned that the government is serious to break the deadlock because there
01:46is a lot of situation. The situation has led to a lot of problems across Haryana, in Gurugram, Noon, Sonipath,
01:54Rotat, Dhajjar, Rivari, you name the district, everywhere there is a power crisis.
01:58Although, the government is trying to make its efforts through helpline numbers and also using police into it and the
02:05retired employees also, but with 40,000 employees of the electricity board going on strike against the privatization of license
02:13given to a private player in Noon and Gurugram for the distribution of power, this entire mess has started in
02:20Haryana with power cuts and efforts happening all over the state.
02:25But now, this meeting is a big hope for the people as well and now the employees as well. When
02:31this meeting starts and what is the outcome, but the government, Anilvich, the power minister had categorically said in the
02:36morning as well, that yes, they will set aside this private license being issued to one of the private players
02:44and will go by the demand of the agitating employees.
02:48But what comes out after the meeting, even if there are more demands, is the entire situation further goes, is
02:55escalated or the entire deadlock breaks, time will tell.
02:59But the meeting is yet to start and the power minister is already in the venue. Some employees are there,
03:04some employees are yet to come.
03:05So the meeting is yet to start and all eyes are on this meeting because the entire Haryana is watching
03:10this meeting. What will be the outcome of this meeting?
03:12Stay on with me, Asim, because what we are looking at are the visuals of what a dark night really
03:18looks like in Gurugram and a city, remember, which takes pride in the fact that it is one of these
03:24big metropolitan cities, a cyber city, but with over 50,000 houses at least that have been impacted.
03:311,800 industrial units have been impacted. And remember, several other sectors which have no information of whether the power
03:39will be back and when, and not every society of the colonies have backup like the skyscrapers.
03:44So here's a report for you to understand how a city like Gurugram went dark for the past two nights.
03:57Millennium City plunges into darkness.
04:01Gurugram, one of India's gleaming modern cities, crippled by widespread power outages that began late on Wednesday night.
04:11No lights, no water, no answers.
04:16Over 50,000 homes hit.
04:19More than 5,500 complaints poured in to Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitaran Nigam in just the first 12 hours.
04:27The trigger was a strike by electricity department employees against the privatization of power distribution.
04:35It's been 24 plus hours from where I am standing right now.
04:38This is Gurgaon's new Ashok Bihar.
04:41Entire colony out of electricity since the last day.
04:45And you can see that these are not just affecting people living over here, but even businesses, small Kirana stores,
04:52medical stores, they have been out of electricity for a very long time.
04:59The blackouts sparked water crisis in areas like Ashok Bihar, Sector 4, 5, 23 and 105, Palam Bihar and Rajendra
05:09Park.
05:11Households struggled to meet every daily needs.
05:15Late at night, angry residents blocked roads in protest.
05:21Sir, are you guys here with the
05:23Sir, no trees
05:24No, we do not.
05:25And all of those problems are terrible.
05:27For our ice cream leaves, they are bad.
05:30And without the water, people are driving, the bottles will get off.
05:34They are not seen.
05:36There are no water in the water.
05:38For water.
05:38There are no water.
05:39There are no water in the water.
05:40There are no injections.
05:42There are no injections in the water.
05:43There are no injections in the water.
05:45There is no juice in the water.
06:00industry bleeding too in sector 37 and kadipur around 1800 manufacturing units were disrupted
06:09power cuts and limits on diesel generator sets under pollution restrictions left little backup
06:28what triggered the strike is the haryana electricity regulatory commission's decision to grant a private
06:35company license to distribute electricity in gurugram and noob the employees union argues that
06:43private operator in high revenue areas could undermine the public sector system and endanger
06:49around 40 000 regular contractual and outsourced employees
06:56the haryana government has now announced it will challenge the commission's decision
07:00for now restoring electricity across gurugram remains a pressing challenge for the district
07:30administration vishria strategy bureau report india today
