Even though Haryana boasts of having surplus electricity, power outages have been rampant in its mini capital- Panchkula. This comes during a period of lockdown, when working from home has become the new norm.
The long electricity cuts, which began in Sector 2 on May 1, have since remained continuous. “It has been over a week since electricity is cut each day in Sector 2. These cuts stretch from one hour to sometimes over 6 hours at a stretch. On Thursday, my son could not work and had to take a half day. While my grandsons, whose school classes are being held online, have not been able to properly attend them. Either they have remained disconnected from their classes for hours or like Thursday, have not joined them at all. This is outrageous, on one hand the government promotes online classes, on another they do not give us electricity,” said PS Sangha, president of Sector 2 RWA.
