India, May 22 -- As temperatures soar across tricity, residents are facing the brunt of frequent, prolonged and unscheduled power outages. Despite official claims of adequate power availability, the ground reality tells a different story: ageing infrastructure, overloaded transformers, staff shortages and poor maintenance have led to widespread voltage fluctuations and blackouts, especially during peak evening and night hours.

Chandigarh residents face voltage fluctuations

The city is grappling with a sharp increase in electricity demand, leading to widespread power outages and voltage fluctuations-especially across southern sectors. The crisis worsened on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when multiple areas experienced p...