Many sectors suffer as power outage lasts for more than 24 hours

Inverters ran out of battery and Wi-Fi connections remained shut as many sectors of the city went on without power for over 24 hours.

A strike staged under the banner of the UT power men union by the employees of Chandigarh’s electricity department was the reason for the power outage. They had observed a protest against the privatisation of the electrical department. They decided to proceed on an indefinite strike from February 21 if the privatisation of the department was not stopped.

Residents of Sector 45 got power again at 3 am early Wednesday morning. There was no power for over 24 hours here.