Ludhiana, June 13 -- Large parts of Ludhiana remained without electricity for up to 12-14 hours after strong winds damaged Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) infrastructure on Thursday night, disrupting water supply and daily life across the city. PSPCL officials estimated losses to poles, transformers and power lines at nearly Rs.1.9 crore.

According to PSPCL, four 66-kV substations and 88 feeders went offline as strong winds swept across the region, triggering widespread outages on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. While electricity supply was restored in several areas by Friday morning, fluctuations and intermittent outages persisted in many localities through the day.

Chief engineer Jagdev Singh Hans said mos...