Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens

**radio667** · 07-31-2012, 11:00 AM

from slashdot.org ........... 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."

Heavy traffic clogged streets in central New Delhi, India, on Tuesday following power outages and rain.

Manticore · 07-31-2012, 03:48 PM

Yep; it's post-monsoon season there and it gets stinking hot.

SkaarjMaster · 07-31-2012, 11:11 PM

You think it might be time for the rest of the world to check their powergrids.

:yikes:

***Creeper*** · 08-01-2012, 12:35 AM

And check on where their call centers are.

Manticore · 08-02-2012, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Creeper

And check on where their call centers are.

Good point!

blito3 · 08-02-2012, 10:52 PM

i was not effected by this.....so i didnt have to worry.....if i was affected by it.

**Hawkwind** · 08-03-2012, 09:17 PM

i remember working at the salem nuclear generating station in salem nj, and they had jet engines mounted on a wall to make up for peak demand in the summer

07-31-2012, 11:00 AM	#1
radio667 I R Happy Goat Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 10,752 Downloads: 2	Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens from slashdot.org ........... 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." Heavy traffic clogged streets in central New Delhi, India, on Tuesday following power outages and rain. Attached Thumbnails __________________ , "There is also a river called Helikon [in Pieria]. (...) But, they go on to say, the women who killed Orpheus wished to wash off in it the blood-stains, and thereat the River sank underground, so as not to lend its waters to cleanse manslaughter." —Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 30. 8

07-31-2012, 11:11 PM	#3
SkaarjMaster same as he ever was Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 Downloads: 906	You think it might be time for the rest of the world to check their powergrids. :yikes: __________________ http://web.archive.org/web/200812180...ondunreal.com/ "If I give up my rights, I might be safe, but what good is being safe if you have no freedoms?" by n3m35i5 "I always turn to the sports page first....They record people's accomplishments; the front page, nothing but man's failure." by Earl Warren

08-01-2012, 12:35 AM	#4
*Creeper* Shock n00b Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Wherever I may Roam Posts: 5,570 Downloads: 6	And check on where their call centers are. __________________ Frag hard, laugh harder.

08-02-2012, 10:52 PM	#6
blito3 blito3mapper Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: center of the Univers...ME!!! Posts: 3,223 Downloads: 63 My Files: 57	i was not effected by this.....so i didnt have to worry.....if i was affected by it. __________________ half assed wars lead to half assed peace which lead back to half assed wars.

08-03-2012, 09:17 PM	#7
Hawkwind sorry, road the bus over u Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: i was born a poor white child in the south Posts: 1,881 Downloads: 144	i remember working at the salem nuclear generating station in salem nj, and they had jet engines mounted on a wall to make up for peak demand in the summer __________________ http://www.utmr.dk/ ut2004 is closed. too much hacking xfire: tsthawkwind bauhaus- "factory town" ...oh to be, the cream oh to be, your dream

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