INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! | |
DoorBert (OP) User ID: 857877 United States 07/31/2012 04:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! A massive power breakdown has hit northern and eastern India for a second day running, leaving more than half the country without power. Officials said there was a total blackout in Delhi. All Metro services had been halted and staff were trying to evacuate trains. Power ministry officials said the eastern grid had also collapsed. [link to www.bbc.co.uk] |
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DoorBert (OP) User ID: 857877 United States 07/31/2012 05:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! Power officials had managed to restore the northern grid by Monday evening, but at 01:05pm (0735 GMT) on Tuesday, the grid collapsed again. The eastern grid failed around the same time, officials said. |
DoorBert (OP) User ID: 857877 United States 07/31/2012 05:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! morning doorbert! Do you think this could causr somekind of nuclear emergency over there.they do have nukes,how about nuclear power stations.?do they have those in india? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20776150 Morning: Yes, India is a nuclear power. [link to www.world-nuclear.org] Heard that Air Conditioners are putting a huge load on the grid and that's the cause of the collapse. |
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DoorBert (OP) User ID: 857877 United States 07/31/2012 05:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! A second wide reaching power outage in India today has hit the capital New Delhi Electricity supply to the east Indian city of Kolkata was hit, CNN-IBN news channel reported. [link to www.bloomberg.com] |
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dikkie User ID: 1328988 Netherlands 07/31/2012 05:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! Officials say India's northeastern power grid fails, third grid to collapse - @AP [link to www.breakingnews.com] |
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DoorBert (OP) User ID: 857877 United States 07/31/2012 05:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! India hit by 2nd huge power outage, larger than before The power grid collapse on Monday was the country's worst blackout in a decade and affected seven states in northern India, home to more than 350 million people. But Tuesday's failure appeared to be even larger, hitting eastern and northeastern areas, as well. Both blackouts hit the capital, New Delhi. The companies that operate the northern and eastern electricity grids reported the collapse Tuesday on their websites. And at least 300 trains have been held up in the affected regions, said Anil Kumar Saxena, a spokesman for Indian Railways. [link to www.cnn.com] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 20936832 United States 07/31/2012 06:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! Pakistan must be looking on in astonishment. Maybe they're even considering something invasive.... This event could really spiral into something bad in a hurry! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 13857866 United States 07/31/2012 06:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! morning doorbert! Do you think this could causr somekind of nuclear emergency over there.they do have nukes,how about nuclear power stations.?do they have those in india? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20776150 Morning: Yes, India is a nuclear power. [link to www.world-nuclear.org] Heard that Air Conditioners are putting a huge load on the grid and that's the cause of the collapse. Interesting. The middle class and their A.C.s are now big enough to cause the collapse of the country's power grid. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 13857866 United States 07/31/2012 06:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: INDIA CHAOS: Power-Grid Failure Spreads! Now Half of Country without Power! 670 Million in the Dark! Is this unheard of, something of this extent? The biggest or second biggest country population wise in the world, a nuclear power and growing economic power is experiencing the complete collapse of it's power grid? |