Rohtak, Oct. 23 -- Around 40,000 electricity department employees on Thursday began a three-day strike against the entry of a private power distribution company in Gurugram and Nuh, leading to disrupted supplies in several residential and industrial areas due to unattended breakdown complaints.

The Haryana Electricity Employees and Engineers Joint Struggle Front called for a three-day strike after the state's power sector regulator, Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC), on October 19 granted a licence to a private company to supply electricity in Gurugram and Nuh districts along with the existing state-owned discoms.

The impact of the strike was particularly severe in urban areas and industrial feeders, where outages disrupt...