India, May 26 -- Greater Noida Residents of Gaur City 1's 7th Avenue allegedly faced a nearly six-hour power outage during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, with restoration work continuing till early Monday.

The disruption began around 12:30am after the 33 KVA fuse jumpers of Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) near the society's main gate reportedly burnt out, according to the society maintenance team. NPCL, however, maintained the outage was caused by an issue in the society's internal high-tension (HT) panel.

Nearly 150-200 people gathered inside the society premises around 3am after inverter backups stopped functioning, residents said. The society has around 2,800 flats with nearly 75% occupancy.

"The electricity went aro...