India, May 22 -- LUCKNOW Lucknow witnessed another day of public anger over prolonged electricity outages on Thursday as protests, road blockades and confrontations erupted from morning till late night across multiple areas. With transformers failing, underground cables burning and repeated feeder tripping reported from Nadarganj to Chinhat, the growing crisis has become a major challenge for the Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) during the ongoing heatwave.

The first major protest of the day began around 8am at Buddheshwar crossing on Mohaan Road, where residents of Janata Vihar, Badalkhera, and adjoining colonies blocked traffic, alleging that they received barely two hours of power supply in the last 24 hours. People ga...