India blackout leaves 300 million without power

bleedlikeme · 07-30-12 at 04:35 AM

A massive power cut blacked out a vast swathe of northern India Monday, leaving an estimated 300 million people without power in the worst outage in more than a decade, officials said.

Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the entire northern grid collapsed for six hours shortly after 2:00 am (2030 GMT Sunday), causing chaos in nine states including the capital New Delhi.

The cut severely disrupted transport networks, including trains and metro services, while traffic light systems also went down in some major cities causing snarls in the morning rush hour.

Major hospital and airports in the region were able to function normally on emergency back-up power, officials said.

"We are used to electricity going occasionally, so we have a good back-up system," said a spokesman for Safdarjang Hospital in New Delhi, N. Makwana.

Shinde said a system overload was probably responsible for the outage. The grid was brought back online at 8:00 am, but running at only 60 percent capacity.

"It is an accident, a failure," the minister admitted to reporters, adding that a special committee was being set up to probe the incident.

In a statement, the Power System Operation Corporation (PSOC), which manages the northern grid, said the "entire northern region", which is home to 28 percent of India's 1.2 billion population, had been affected.

The nine affected states were Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Limited power outages are extremely common across India, which runs a peak-hour power deficit of around 12 percent according to the Central Electricity Authority.

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**purehatred** · 07-30-12 at 06:03 AM

Madhya Pradesh state had electricity....the map sure needs correction there.

bleedlikeme · 07-30-12 at 06:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by MrPjax

Have you seen their power lines??? Where do you begin??!!

Organized chaos... I live in South East Asia, so it's an all too familiar scene to me (some places are much worse than what's shown here). It's amazing we even have internet, let alone power; but hey, it works!

**rockyrocks** · 07-30-12 at 06:08 AM

lol.. is US bashing over that we have moved to India bashing?

Common we are a such a docile country we don't even kill the terrorists who kill our people.. :P and the thieves we let them roam free albeit with their hands/legs cut :P

I lost electricity at around 2am wasn't back when I went to sleep at 5 and don't know when it came back but it was on when I woke up mid day.. Thankfully had rained a bit yesterday so a fan was enough through the night..

@Purehatred - Where the hell are you from? You always get me confused because you seem to know quite a bit about India.. You lived here or something?

**orgasminator** · 07-30-12 at 07:11 AM

Not much different situation than in my country. People living close to the foreign land borders are even importing power supply from neighboring foreign country! Power outage is common. Investing in UPSes is really worthy of investment.

hdgamer1 · 07-30-12 at 07:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by rockyrocks

lol.. is US bashing over that we have moved to India bashing?

I would really love to bash the congress party and that bloody bat sonia gandhi.

More to the point, this is really common though not one of this magnitude.

**EvilToeKnee** · 07-30-12 at 08:08 AM

That guy in the picture probably has cancer from standing inside all those wires.

**tomandsusan** · 07-30-12 at 08:14 AM

Looks like if you need to contact "support" for a problem, you will have to call back later!

**CyberKingdom** · 07-30-12 at 10:47 AM

That would explain why Microsoft's customer support wasn't working...

EDIT: Damn tom made the joke before I did. CURSE YOU TOM!

**purehatred** · 07-30-12 at 12:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rockyrocks

lol.. is US bashing over that we have moved to India bashing?

Common we are a such a docile country we don't even kill the terrorists who kill our people.. :P and the thieves we let them roam free albeit with their hands/legs cut :P

I lost electricity at around 2am wasn't back when I went to sleep at 5 and don't know when it came back but it was on when I woke up mid day.. Thankfully had rained a bit yesterday so a fan was enough through the night..

@Purehatred - Where the hell are you from? You always get me confused because you seem to know quite a bit about India.. You lived here or something?

Hahahaa, i am in India as of now, sometimes in USA, sometimes in France, might go to The Netherlands in the coming months for few weeks...lets see where life takes us

**purehatred** · 07-30-12 at 12:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hdgamer1

I would really love to bash the congress party and that bloody bat sonia gandhi.

More to the point, this is really common though not one of this magnitude.

We all know people enter politics to earn money (the fast way) in India...most of them have criminal records..even murder cases going on and they still are safely roaming around in public. Look at that 2G spectrum scandal minister...he even got out on bail...according to what i have seen in the previous cases - that as*h0le shouldn't have received bail under any circumstances but there he is out of jail.

Every Chief Minister of India is corrupt...their salary is like $2000 per month and those bast*rds have like $2,000,00 worth of land, lots of money in various bank accounts (most in swiss banks), their relatives/cousins also have lots of money/property under their name.

That B*tch Mayawati spent Millions in making that big waste of space that can't even be called as park as its full of marble/stone crap...not enough greenery/grass for people to come and have a picnic kind of thing and thats why it is almost empty most of the time nowadays.

Look at these fake baba/guru known as ramdev "baba"...all he has done is master Yoga which he learned from others' work and now is calling them as his own. I so feel like smashing that FAKE "guru/baba's" face

The list can go on and on....

The service Tax is 12.36%

Luxury Tax is like 10% or so

The VAT tax is 5%

and they even charge like 30% Income Tax on profits of Pvt. Ltd. companies.

And for every step you have to bribe the official to get the papers rolling so things move faster...even if you know some politician, you have to pay though the fees get reduced a little.

With all these things going....they still wonder why people cheat during Income Tax

**FirtY** · 07-31-12 at 02:08 PM

"BBC reports that a massive power breakdown has hit India for a second day running, leaving more than half the country without power as the northern and eastern grids have both collapsed. The breakdown has hit a large swathe of the country including Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states in the north, and West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand in the east. Power cuts are a common occurrence in Indian cities because of a fundamental shortage of power and an aging grid. The chaos caused by such cuts has led to protests and unrest on the streets but the collapse of an entire grid is rare — the last time the northern grid failed was in 2001. India's demand for electricity has soared in recent years as its economy has grown but its power infrastructure has been unable to meet the growing needs. In the weeks leading up to the failure, extreme heat had caused power use to reach record levels in New Delhi and on July 30 a line feeding into the Agra-Bareilly transmission section, the 400-kV Bina-Gwalior line, tripped, triggering the collapse. The second grid collapse occurred on 31 July as the Northern, Eastern and North-Eastern power grids of India tripped/failed causing power blackout in 19 states across India. The crisis was allegedly triggered after four states — Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and UP — drew much more than their assigned share of power."

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**tomandsusan** · 07-31-12 at 02:19 PM

I wonder if Rockyrocks is keeping cool! No air conditioning in India this time of year has got to be like a sauna next to the gate of 8ell!

**rockyrocks** · 07-31-12 at 02:22 PM

19 states and 600million without power today..
Was out for a couple of hours only where I live.. but not noticeable, had a good rain.. :D

Quote:

I wonder if Rockyrocks is keeping cool! No air conditioning in India this time of year has got to be like a sauna next to the gate of 8ell!

Haha The power cuts have barely affected me (TOUCHWOOD!).. my area doesn't loose power that much and even if it does we have got good power back up which lasts for almost 12 hours.. and in this weather the fan works well + everything else except AC's, refrigerators and microwaves work.. so time passes easily.. :P

07-31-12 at 02:22 PM	#14
rockyrocks Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,360	19 states and 600million without power today.. Was out for a couple of hours only where I live.. but not noticeable, had a good rain.. :D Quote: I wonder if Rockyrocks is keeping cool! No air conditioning in India this time of year has got to be like a sauna next to the gate of 8ell! Haha The power cuts have barely affected me (TOUCHWOOD!).. my area doesn't loose power that much and even if it does we have got good power back up which lasts for almost 12 hours.. and in this weather the fan works well + everything else except AC's, refrigerators and microwaves work.. so time passes easily.. :P Last edited by rockyrocks; 07-31-12 at 02:27 PM.

07-30-12 at 06:03 AM	#2
purehatred Best Remuxer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,479	Madhya Pradesh state had electricity....the map sure needs correction there.

07-30-12 at 06:08 AM	#3
bleedlikeme Master Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,062	Quote: Originally Posted by MrPjax Have you seen their power lines??? Where do you begin??!! Organized chaos... I live in South East Asia, so it's an all too familiar scene to me (some places are much worse than what's shown here). It's amazing we even have internet, let alone power; but hey, it works!

07-30-12 at 07:11 AM	#5
orgasminator Master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: island under the eye of the day Posts: 989	Not much different situation than in my country. People living close to the foreign land borders are even importing power supply from neighboring foreign country! Power outage is common. Investing in UPSes is really worthy of investment.

07-30-12 at 07:32 AM	#6
hdgamer1 Novice Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 189	Quote: Originally Posted by rockyrocks lol.. is US bashing over that we have moved to India bashing? I would really love to bash the congress party and that bloody bat sonia gandhi. More to the point, this is really common though not one of this magnitude.

07-30-12 at 08:08 AM	#7
EvilToeKnee 3rd Street Saint Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: USA Posts: 771	That guy in the picture probably has cancer from standing inside all those wires.

07-30-12 at 08:14 AM	#8
tomandsusan Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 5,750	Looks like if you need to contact "support" for a problem, you will have to call back later!

07-30-12 at 10:47 AM	#9
CyberKingdom Master Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,106	That would explain why Microsoft's customer support wasn't working... EDIT: Damn tom made the joke before I did. CURSE YOU TOM!

07-30-12 at 12:26 PM	#10
purehatred Best Remuxer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,479	Quote: Originally Posted by rockyrocks lol.. is US bashing over that we have moved to India bashing? Common we are a such a docile country we don't even kill the terrorists who kill our people.. :P and the thieves we let them roam free albeit with their hands/legs cut :P I lost electricity at around 2am wasn't back when I went to sleep at 5 and don't know when it came back but it was on when I woke up mid day.. Thankfully had rained a bit yesterday so a fan was enough through the night.. @Purehatred - Where the hell are you from? You always get me confused because you seem to know quite a bit about India.. You lived here or something? Hahahaa, i am in India as of now, sometimes in USA, sometimes in France, might go to The Netherlands in the coming months for few weeks...lets see where life takes us

07-30-12 at 12:47 PM	#11
purehatred Best Remuxer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,479	Quote: Originally Posted by hdgamer1 I would really love to bash the congress party and that bloody bat sonia gandhi. More to the point, this is really common though not one of this magnitude. We all know people enter politics to earn money (the fast way) in India...most of them have criminal records..even murder cases going on and they still are safely roaming around in public. Look at that 2G spectrum scandal minister...he even got out on bail...according to what i have seen in the previous cases - that ash0le shouldn't have received bail under any circumstances but there he is out of jail. Every Chief Minister of India is corrupt...their salary is like $2000 per month and those bastrds have like $2,000,00 worth of land, lots of money in various bank accounts (most in swiss banks), their relatives/cousins also have lots of money/property under their name. That B*tch Mayawati spent Millions in making that big waste of space that can't even be called as park as its full of marble/stone crap...not enough greenery/grass for people to come and have a picnic kind of thing and thats why it is almost empty most of the time nowadays. Look at these fake baba/guru known as ramdev "baba"...all he has done is master Yoga which he learned from others' work and now is calling them as his own. I so feel like smashing that FAKE "guru/baba's" face The list can go on and on.... The service Tax is 12.36% Luxury Tax is like 10% or so The VAT tax is 5% and they even charge like 30% Income Tax on profits of Pvt. Ltd. companies. And for every step you have to bribe the official to get the papers rolling so things move faster...even if you know some politician, you have to pay though the fees get reduced a little. With all these things going....they still wonder why people cheat during Income Tax

07-31-12 at 02:19 PM	#13
tomandsusan Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Never Never Land Posts: 5,750	I wonder if Rockyrocks is keeping cool! No air conditioning in India this time of year has got to be like a sauna next to the gate of 8ell!