Ludhiana, Jan. 2 -- Residents across the district faced prolonged power outages for nearly 13 hours after rain battered the city early on Thursday triggering widespread tripping of electricity feeders and plunging several residential and industrial areas into darkness.

The outages, first reported around 6.15 am in areas including Jagdeep Nagar, Farid Nagar, Santokh Colony, Valmiki Mohalla, Jagat Nagar and Jammu Colony, were caused by widespread tripping of electricity feeders, plunging several residential and industrial areas into darkness.

According to official data, as many as 92 feeders of 11 kV lines tripped across the city, disrupting supply in multiple localities including Guru Nanak Dev Nagar, Janta Nagar, Lohara, Sita Nagar, Sha...