Blackout hits more than 300 million in India
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Grid">Grid</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 300 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="India">India</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="blackout">blackout</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 32 <span word="sleeping">sleeping</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="express">express</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="grid">grid</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="lights">lights</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="sweltering">sweltering</span> <span word="overnight">overnight</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="stranded">stranded</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="metro">metro</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="rush">rush</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="trains">trains</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="cancelled">cancelled</span>.</p><p><span word="Electricity">Electricity</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="restored">restored</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Uttar">Uttar</span> <span word="Pradesh">Pradesh</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="midday">midday</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</span>, <span word="Punjab">Punjab</span>, <span word="Jammu">Jammu</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="India">India</span>-<span word="controlled">controlled</span> <span word="Kashmir">Kashmir</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="evening">evening</span>.</p><p><span word="Power">Power</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Sushilkumar">Sushilkumar</span> <span word="Shinde">Shinde</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="restored">restored</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="Power">Power</span> <span word="shortages">shortages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="creaky">creaky</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="network">network</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="weighed">weighed</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="industrialize">industrialize</span>. <span word="Grappling">Grappling</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slowest">slowest</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="scaled">scaled</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pump">pump</span> $1 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Major">Major</span> <span word="industries">industries</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="dedicated">dedicated</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span> <span word="generators">generators</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="shielded">shielded</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="outages">outages</span> - <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inconsistent">inconsistent</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="affects">affects</span> <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disrupts">disrupts</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="businesses">businesses</span>. <span word="Office">Office</span> <span word="blocks">blocks</span>, <span word="hotels">hotels</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="backup">backup</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span> <span word="generators">generators</span>.</p><p><span word="Chaos">Chaos</span> <span word="reigned">reigned</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="always">always</span>-<span word="hectic">hectic</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="stoplights">stoplights</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="commuters">commuters</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="metro">metro</span>. <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="pumping">pumping</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="dry">dry</span>.</p>
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