Guardian: More than 700 million people in India have been left without power in the world's worst modern blackout, prompting fears that protests and even riots could follow if the country's electricity supply continues to fail to meet growing demand. Twenty of India's 28 states were hit by power cuts, along with the capital, New Delhi, when three of the five electricity grids failed at lunchtime. As engineers struggled for hours to fix the problem, hundreds of trains stalled, leaving passengers stranded...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts
Enclosure: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jul/30/india-power-failure-video
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