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ST Scroll Back: India blackouts hit 700 million people but are not 'world’s worst'
Blackout fallout can be agonising: Commuters stranded, lifts stuck, surgery cancelled. Sometimes, the trigger for a massive blackout can simply start with a tree growing too near power lines.
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A haircut during a power-cut: A customer in Kolkata trying to give his barber enough candlelight to work by on July 31, 2012. It was during the second major blackout in as many days in India.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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It was a dark night for many of us here. On Sept 18, the worst power outage in 14 years hit 19 areas in Singapore.
Our blackout was measured in minutes - 38 of them - and the number of customers affected was almost 147,000.
