LUCKNOW, June 17 -- Despite a drop in temperature, Lucknow continued to reel under prolonged power cuts on Sunday night. With electricity demand at around 1950 mw, widespread outages in the city were attributed to rostering by over 30 sub stations as a precautionary measure to protect overloaded transformers from failure. "Infrastructure remains under stress due to previous overloads. We are trying to balance supply to prevent long-term damage to equipment," said a LESA official. Localities such as Aliganj, Jankipuram, Rajajipuram, Balaganj, Sarojini Nagar, Manas Nagar, Ashiana Sector J and H, LDA Colony (Kanpur Road), Thakurganj, Daliganj, Triveni Nagar, parts of Indira Nagar and Konark City faced extended power cuts ranging from two to five hours. "We are aware that the ABC wires faced issues at several points, especially where tree branches and external elements have come in contact. Repairs are underway," said another official. In Faizullaganj, residents reported power interruptions every 45 minutes throughout the night, severely affecting their sleep and daily activities. At Mahanagar's Subhash Park, the 11 KV Raheem Nagar feeder developed a fault at 11:45pm, with supply restored only by 4am. A five-hour-long outage was caused due to an overloaded feeder in Shiv Nagar Ahibaranpur. Chief engineer (Residency) Ravi Agarwal said officials were monitoring the situationand every complaint was attended. HTC...