LUCKNOW, May 13 -- Following repeated complaints of power outages from residents of the high-profile Mantri Awas area, LESA expedited a Rs.15-crore underground cabling project to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the Mantri Awas substation in Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar.

Officials on Tuesday completed the laying of a 9-km-long underground 33 KV cable from the Satrikh and the transmission substation.

The Minister Awas substation, which supplies power to several VVIP areas and nearly 6,000 consumers, had reportedly relied for the last 11 years on "arranged" supply from other substations whenever its primary source failed.

The new dedicated line will directly connect the Minister Awas substation with the Satrikh Transmission substation,...