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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Arvind Chauhan | TNN

Lucknow witnessed 551 power outages daily in 22 days

LUCKNOW: June 6 was one of the hottest days of this summer and power supply in Eldeco II locality was disrupted a dozen times that day. Around 10.30pm, half of the residential colony went into darkness, as only one phase of power supply was operational, following a glitch caused by overheating in the main power panel of Kalandi Vihar powerhouse of Vrindavan Yojana.

Several calls were made to Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (Lesa), including to its control room, engineers and officials and even on the toll-free number of discom MVVNL. However, no one responded.

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