Thousands of residents in Soraha village of Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district are scrambling for power supply after miscreants stole all essential parts from a local electricity transformer on December 14. (Representative file image) All essential parts worth selling—copper wires, oil, and other metal elements—were stolen, and the transformer was dumped in a nearby field. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo) Villagers, on their routine walks, spotted a 250kVA transformer missing and reported it to the local authorities. Later, it was found that all essential parts worth selling—copper wires, oil, and other metal elements—were stolen, and the transformer was dumped in a nearby field, Times of India reported. The incident comes amid a wave of cold and dense fog across major states of north India. A lack of power supply has disrupted the studies of children in the village preparing for state board exams scheduled for next month. Also read | Around 10,000 litres of oil stolen from 12 power transformers in Noida Sector 105 “Without power, inverters and mobile phones are useless, and submersible pumps are non-operational,” village …