India, Oct. 23 -- Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has called a meeting in Panchkula on Friday with representatives of the four unions amid a three-day strike by employees of state-owned power distribution companies against the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC)'s order granting a 25-year parallel distribution licence to a private company in Gurugram and Nuh.

Power outages were reported across Haryana, including Gurugram, as striking employees of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (DHBVNL) and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited did not undertake repair work, or feeder cables were shut down.

The two companies supply power to southern and northern Haryana. The striking employees have either turned off their pho...