Ashish Sardana woke up on Thursday morning to a dead inverter, dry taps and no internet connection.

The 50-year-old, who works on the artificial intelligence team of a leading American multinational company, said the power supply to his home in Gurugram’s Sector 7 went out at 10 pm on Wednesday. By morning, the inverter had run out, the water supply had stopped, and the WiFi was down, leaving him unable to work from home.

His children, who are preparing for engineering entrance and government competitive examinations, were also unable to study, he said.

Since late Wednesday night, power outages were reported in several parts of Gurugram even as electricity employees, led by the All India Power Corporation and various employee unions, began a three-day strike from October 22 to 24 over the grant of a power distribution licence to a private company in Gurugram and Nuh.

An executive member of his local Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA), Sardana said he tried to register a complaint through the discom’s…