India's great(grid) collapse: 20 states affected, 600 million people suffer

[kawaraj]

Triggering a major power crisis, three electricity grids connecting more than 20 states and the national capital collapsed on Tuesday. While the northern grid failed for the second straight day, the eastern and north-eastern grids too collapsed. These three grids carry about 50,000 MW of

The collapse has left more than half of the country or 600 million people without power. This in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts.

Essential services and public transport systems, including Railways and the Delhi Metro were also hit.

"Grid incident occurred at 1300 hrs affecting the northern grid, eastern grid and north-eastern grid -- System Under Restoration," National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC), under the Power Ministry, said in an update.

About 22 states and union territories have been impacted by the failure of the three grids. The northern grid covers nine regions -- Punjab, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Chandigarh.

Power grids fail: 20 states affected, 600 million people suffer - Hindustan Times

 

[KRAIT]

Already many threads running on this topic. Search before posting.

 

[WAR-rior]

a loser title from a loser person with a loser nationality. hence proved.

 

[laman12345]

India is a third world country. With a lot of hype around how we can compare to China but with 1/10th of China's potential. I know all of us have national pride but its time to ask ourselves just what this country is giving us. If it cant even guarantee us a basic quality of life then why should we continue our pride. And has the current government done anything to improve the situation. Shinde should be fired, he keeps giving false assurances which shows how much he knows. Someone who worked at the Grid sai d this time it could take weeks to resolve.

 

[kawaraj]

2/3 of the country in blackout is this not a national collapse?

 

[IZVINITE]

Load Sheeding: When the supplying company receives more demand for electrical power than its generating or transmission or installed capacity can deliver, the company has to resort to rationing of the available electricity to its customers. This act is called load shedding.

Grid Faliure: Briefly, failure occurs when excessive power is drawn by one or more areas. As a local grid may not support usage, other grids supply additional power to that area. If the automated system fails to recognize the additional usage, the overloaded grid may fail entirely, creating additional failures. This is how the last failure occurred within several power grids.

 

[kawaraj]

I'd say it's partly due to widespread electric power hijacks for aircon in summer.

 

[IndoCarib]

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[DESERT FIGHTER]

Karma is a b.tch!

 

[sarthak]

Karma is a b.tch!

Huh? You don't even make sense. Did you just read that phrase somewhere and write it to prove how cool you are?

 

[ajtr]

genset chal raha hai kal se nirantar.

 

[Punjabbi Munda]

Karma is a b.tch!

Yuu iz an idiotsz!

 

[IZVINITE]

genset chal raha hai kal se nirantar.

Kaha par genset chal raha hai nirantar Bijli ayee hua toh kataye ganthe Hoo gaye....

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Yuu iz an idiotsz!

fuk off... kid,,, yu are da idiot... remember the threads abt loadshedding in Pakistan that u created/posted in?

 

[sarthak]

fuk off... kid,,, yu are da idiot... remember the threads abt loadshedding in Pakistan that u created/posted in?

OK , now he'll have to make a thread about the failed education system in Pakistan. Obviously you don't know the difference between load shedding and a Power Grid Failure. I won't waste too much of my time telling you what it is because other Indian members posted the difference several times in other threads. A power grid failure is just a technical problem in the grid due to failure of any component. It can be caused due to a lightening storm , earthquake , or an old component that failed. Load shedding means that your country just doesn't have the money to produce enough electricity , like Pakistan.