Ludhiana, April 18 -- Residents in rural and suburban parts of Ludhiana have reported prolonged evening power outages over the past few days, with supply disruptions lasting several hours daily.

According to residents, power cuts between 7 pm and 1 am have become frequent over the last 48-72 hours, affecting water supply and routine household activities. While urban areas have seen relatively fewer disruptions, rural belts have been the worst hit.

Power department officials said the outages are linked to multiple generation setbacks that have reduced the overall electricity available to the state grid. One unit at the Talwandi Sabo power plant (3x600 MW) went offline following a fault at a major substation. In addition, one unit each at...