Power was restored in some pockets of Jammu and Kashmir after the Army, in a first, was called for help. Many areas in the region were in darkness after electricity employees went on an indefinite strike the merger of the J&K PDD into the Power Grid Corporation of India. Personnel of military engineering service reached a grid station on Sunday evening.

As per an NDTV report, the power sector employees of J&K had refused to repair a major power breakdown that happened over the weekend. Around 20,000 employees went on strike from midnight on Friday and decided not to carry out any repair and maintenance work until government accepts their demands.