Ludhiana, June 18 -- Power supply to several parts of Ludhiana remained disrupted for more than eight hours on Wednesday after a 66 KV underground transmission cable was damaged during excavation work undertaken by the municipal corporation to repair a water leakage near College Road.

The damage affected supply through 12 feeders linked to the Fountain Chowk grid, disrupting electricity in Civil Lines, Mall Road, Ram Nagar, Chand Nagar, Dandi Swami Road and adjoining localities. Supply was also affected at several government establishments, police offices and official residences connected to the grid.

According to PSPCL officials, the incident occurred around 9.30 am when an MC team was carrying out excavation work to repair a water lea...