India, Oct. 24 -- Directing the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission "not to create, operationalise or effectuate" a parallel distribution licence anywhere in the state, the state government said it is "gravely concerned" about the impact of HERC's order granting a parallel licence to a private company for supplying electricity in Gurugram and Nuh.

Exercising powers under sub-section (1) of Section 108 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government agreed to intervene and issue directions to the HERC. This move is at the heart of Haryana's power department employees calling off their three-day strike on Friday evening. Two days of the strike had hit power supply operations across the state.

While announcing ...