Lucknow, June 12 -- : With the mercury rising and the power demand soaring, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd substations are ramping up preventive measures that range from thermal scanning to "water therapy" for cooling overheated equipment and the removal of bird nests that may pose fire or short-circuit risks.

The initiative comes when relentless heat and high humidity have put the power infrastructure under significant strain.

UPPCL engineers are carrying out thermal scanning of substation wires, circuits and cables to identify stress points in circuits and transformers to combat the threat of overheating amid record power demand.

With thermal scanners provided to every substation, the staff are directed to record temperatures af...