India, May 26 -- Two days after a major power outage disrupted electricity supply across parts of Gurugram, the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL) on Monday received approval from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to lay a transmission line over its underground oil pipeline, a move officials said will strengthen alternate power supply arrangements in the city.

Officials said the Rs.22 crore project involves laying a 6.5-km transmission line to interconnect the 220kV substations in Sector 65 and Sector 56. The work began in February 2025 and was originally scheduled for completion by May.

According to HVPNL officials, six kilometres of the transmission line had already been laid, but work on the remaining 500 metres was pe...