Lucknow Irked with prolonged power cuts at night amid sweltering heat, irate residents have given vent to their anger at six substations in the state capital during the past one month. At some substations, police had to intervene to maintain peace.
After disruption of power supply in Bangla Bazar at 10.15 pm on Friday night, residents kept on waiting for restoration till 3.30 am Saturday. When power supply was not restored, some locals entered the Bangla Bazar substation and shut down all the feeders supplying other areas linked to the substation. The scared staff of the substation ran away fearing a backlash from the residents. Later, police were called and they brought the situation under control after slight use of power .
Executive engineer Bhagat Singh said, “The power supply was disrupted due to an underground cable fault which was located and repaired at 6.30 am in the morning.”
