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India’s Power Grids Collapse For 2nd Consecutive Day
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:20
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India’s worst blackout in a decade continues for the second consecutive day after several grids covering more than a dozen states broke down.
The widespread blackout which is considered the country’s worst in a decade, on Tuesday affected up to 600 million people.
According to officials, on the second consecutive day of power outage, the northern and eastern power grids collapsed, halting at least 200 trains and bringing the transportation system into a state of chaos as the traffic light system collapsed.
The blackout in more than 15 cities brought the transportation system into a halt in many regions.
The most affected states include, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Assam, as well as the capital city of New Delhi.
