India suffers new, even bigger power failure
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Stranded passengers wait for their power to get restored, at New Delhi railway station, in New Delhi, India, on Monday, July 30, 2012. Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and airports to use backup generators and leaving 370 million people — more than the population of the United States and Canada combined — sweltering in the summer heat. -- PHOTO: AP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's northern electricity grid which covers an area home to more than 300 million people failed for the second day in a row on Tuesday, with the eastern network also down, an official said.
"We are busy with the revival right now... Both the Northern and Eastern grids have collapsed. Please allow us to address the problem," V.K.Agrawal, the general manager of the northern grid, told AFP.
In New Delhi, the metro came to a standstill and traffic lights were out.
"Drivers of all the metro trains have been asked to stop at the stations.
