India, May 20 -- LUCKNOW Following days of prolonged power outages and resident protests in Faizullaganj, engineers from the Lucknow Electricity Supply Authority (LESA) met BJP MLA Neeraj Bora on Wednesday, pledging to install additional transformers and lay new cables to stabilise the area's electricity supply.

"We are also stepping up regular monitoring to prevent future disruptions," said chief engineer VP Singh.

The crisis, according to LESA officials, was triggered by a sudden spike in temperature that overloaded a 630 kVA transformer, causing repeated trips on May 17 and 18. The disruption even led to clashes with some residents, who obstructed LESA staff from restoring power - a situation for which police intervention was require...