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Power supply was restored in several parts of Chandigarh after the city witnessed 36 hours of outage. However, many employees of the electricity department said they will continue their strike over a privatisation move.
Employees of the electricity department, under the banner of UT Powermen Union, went on a strike on Monday night against the administration's move to privatise the electricity department.
Amid lack of any contingency planning by the UT Administration on handling consequential power blackouts, most parts of the city remained out of power with life virtually coming to a standstill for most residents, businesses and the industry.
Residents of some parts of Chandigarh continued to face power outages on Wednesday morning with electricity supply remaining disrupted after the employees of the electricity department went on a three-day strike against privatisation. Harried residents of Chandigarh, which is the country's first planned city, blamed the city administration for remaining a mute spectator,
The employees have gone on a three-day strike since Monday night. They suspect that their service conditions would change if the department is privatised.