LUCKNOW, May 14 -- As Lucknow reels under a heatwave, the city's electricity demand has shot up, recently peaking at over 1,750 MW. The sharp spike in consumption has exposed serious cracks in the city's power infrastructure. At least 32 transformers remain non-functional, leaving several localities grappling with outages and voltage fluctuations, hitting existing transformers, many of which are now overloaded and failing during peak hours. In April alone, 85 transformers suffered damage -- 43 in Amausi zone and 12 in Jankipuram. In other divisions such as SES-I, SES-II, SES-III, SES-IV, BKT, and Daliganj, around 30 transformers conked out. In stark contrast, Lucknow central and Gomti Nagar zones reported no breakdowns, underscoring the uneven resilience of the infrastructure across the city....