Lucknow, July 28 -- Facing a power outage for nearly eight hours, Bharat Nagar residents woke up Lucknow North MLA Neeraj Bora at 1am on Sunday.

The angry crowd gathered at the MLA's residence after allegedly failing to get a response from the Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) substation staff, who allegedly did not bother to attend the complaint even after eight hours.

Bora immediately intervened and ordered officials to rectify the fault. Prior to this, there was a ruckus at the location substation, prompting police to intervene and disperse the crowd using force.

Both Bharat Nagar and Faizullaganj are connected to the Priyadarshini Colony substation and faced power outages of more than eight hours.

In Faizullaganj, s...