MEERUT, July 31 -- Public outrage over relentless power cuts spilled on to streets in Meerut as a group of locals, mostly women, marched to the Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam (PVVNL) office in Ganganagar area and staged a dramatic protest, offering bangles to the officials in a gesture intended to shame them for perceived inaction. A video of the incident went viral on social media on Wednesday. The Tuesday agitation came after weeks of long and unannounced power outages, especially in areas considered strongholds of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Locals alleged that despite repeated complaints, there has been no serious intervention from authorities. In the video from the Indira Chowk electricity substation, women are purported seen handing over a set of bangles to a junior engineer (JE) Mahesh Kumar, saying: "Wear these bangles, get a skirt stitched." The act, laden with cultural symbolism, was meant to shame officials into action, accusing them of apathy and inaction during a time when residents are enduring unbearable heat and sleepless nights. The protesters also took pot shots at local Bharatiya Janata Party MP Arun Govil. "The MP only shows up around election time. He's like a film star now - rarely seen and totally disconnected from ground realities," said one of the protesters, Preeti Tyagi. According to the protestors, several areas in Meerut including Surajkund Road, Patel Nagar and Mohanpuri, were without electricity for hours on Wednesday due to a major fault in the 33 KV line feeding Ganganagar. The situation left large parts of the city in darkness amid sweltering humidity, affecting children, elderly, and patients alike....