Monday, 30 July 2012

Massive power Outage Hits India

A massive power cut has caused disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi, BBC reports.
It hit a swathe of the country affecting more than 300 million people in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states.
Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde said 60 per cent of the supply had been restored and the rest would be reinstated soon.
It is unclear why supply collapsed, but states using more power than they were authorised to could be one reason.
Mr. Shinde said he had appointed a committee to inquire into the causes of the blackout, one of the worst to hit the country in more than a decade.
The outage happened at 02:30 local time (2100 GMT) on Monday after India's Northern Grid network collapsed.
Monday morning saw travel chaos engulf the region, with thousands of passengers stranded when train services were disrupted in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. Will that even make the news if it were to happen in naija. The big bosses upstairs don chop all the money wey dem suppose use better the country.

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