Ludhiana, July 23 -- Despite tall claims of all-weather infrastructure, the monsoon showers that lashed the city on Monday morning, once again laid bare Ludhiana's crumbling electricity network, leaving hundreds of residents to endure prolonged outages amid humidity.

The downpour not only crippled key power lines but also unveiled the ageing structure of the city's electrical system, plunging several parts of the city into outstretched darkness.

Shockingly, many areas had already been facing power disruptions since Sunday, when a light rain had triggered feeder trippings and multiple faults in transmission lines.

Highlighting the ordeal, Baldev Raj, a shopkeeper near Bharat Nagar Chowk, said, "My shop has been without electricity since...