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A protracted blackout disrupted the lives of an estimated 300m people across northern India on Monday, as the aspiring superpower's fragile infrastructure added to the woes of a government already struggling to manage the slowing economy, persistent inflation and the failure of the monsoon rains. 一场漫长的停电周一扰乱了印度北方大约3亿人的生活，这个志向高远的超级大国脆弱的基础设施，给本已在艰难应对经济减速、通胀居高不下以及今年雨季降雨偏少的政府增添了新的烦恼。 The blackout, which began at about 2.30am and lasted more than 12 hours in many areas, was the worst power failure in India for more than a decade. 从凌晨2时30分开始的这次停电，在很多地区持续了12个小时以上，成为十多年来印度最严重的停电事故。 Millions of people were left without electric fans or air conditioning in the 30°C heat, train services were disrupted, traffic was paralysed and New Delhi's airport was forced to rely on back-up power systems for several hours. Emergency energy supplies from Bhutan helped the government restore power in many affected areas by early evening, but public discontent still simmered. 在30摄氏度的高温天气里，数百万人无法使用电扇、空调，铁路服务也被迫中断，交通一度瘫痪，新德里(New Delhi)的机场被迫使用备用电力系统数小时。傍晚的时候，不丹王国的紧急能源供应帮助印度政府恢复了很多停电区的供电，但公众的不满仍在升温。 | 
