Tuesday, July 31, 2012

India blackout causes further chaos as power cut spreads east

About 600 million people are served by the northern and eastern grids. Link to this video
India's energy crisis has spread to more than half the country after its eastern, northern and north-eastern electricity grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without power.
The power failure on Tuesday has raised serious concerns about India's outdated infrastructure and the government's inability to meet the country's energy needs as it vies to become a regional economic superpower.
The outage in the eastern grid came a day after India's northern power grid collapsed for several hours. Officials restored power, but at 1.05pm the northern grid collapsed again. About the same time, the eastern grid failed as well, with the north-eastern grid reported as being down shortly after.


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