India, June 11 -- Multiple parts of Gurugram faced power outages on Wednesday, apparently due to feeder line faults and overloading, leaving thousands of residents helpless amid scorching heat.

According to residents and officials DLF Phase I, II, and III, several blocks of Palam Vihar, Shivaji Nagar, Manesar, Sohna, and residential societies in sectors 99 to 108 were among the worst-hit areas, suffering several long outages between Tuesday night and Wednesday evening.

Resident Anju said power supply is extremely erratic. "There is hardly a day without an outage. It causes more trouble when water supply is scheduled between 4pm and 5pm in DLF areas," she said.

Dinesh Yadav, RWA president of New Palam Vihar, said there was barely two ho...