Chandigarh/Panchkula/Mohali, Jan. 25 -- More than 24 hours after high-velocity winds accompanied by heavy rain caused extensive damages to electricity infrastructure, uprooting trees, poles and snapping overhead lines, officials managed to restore the supply across Chandigarh, Panchkula, Kalka and Mohali on Saturday. Residents said that their routine works were affected due to the outage. They also said that even after the restoration work, they continued to face frequent outages due to sparking and short circuits in damaged poles. Sunil Vashisth, president of the Residents Welfare and Development Association in Sector 15 of Panchkula, said residents faced acute hardship as inverter batteries were exhausted due to the long outage. Rakesh Aggarwal, a member of the Panchkula Vikas Manch, said power cuts have been a regular affair. Water supply in several Panchkula sectors remained affected as tube wells were non-functional amid the outage. As many as 13 poles in Panchkula and 70 in Kalka were damaged. Besides, transformers were damaged in a few places. In Mohali, the areas that saw prolonged outage included Phase 1, 3B1, 7, 10, Sectors 79 and 80. HS Oberoi, deputy chief engineer, Mohali, said the supply had been restored in nearly 80% of the affected areas by Friday evening itself. "Over 10 electricity poles were damaged in Phase 7 due to strong winds, which delayed the restoration," he said. Zirakpur witnessed major disruption after a 66 kV power grid was affected by the strong winds. The supply was restored on Saturday morning but some pockets continued to face disruptions till afternoon. In Chandigarh, 3,144 complaints were received on Friday and 905 on Saturday, a spokesperson of Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL). Residents of Raipur Khurd stated that power supply in their area was restored around 8.30 am, after nearly 23 hours. Residents of a colony in Sector 29 said they were without power for over 15 hours. Chandigarh is expected to see further rain on Tuesday and Wednesday due to a fresh Western Disturbance, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has stated. Lower night temperatures are also likely to continue in the coming days, IMD's Chandigarh director Surender Paul said....