Power grids fail, leaving 600 million without power in India
Updated 5m ago
NEW DELHI (AP) – India s energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without government-supplied electricity in one of the world s biggest-ever blackouts.
Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi. Electric crematoria stopped operating, some with bodies half burnt, power officials said.
By Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP
Passengers sit on a train as they wait for power at a railway station in New Delhi on Monday.
Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi. Electric crematoria stopped operating, some with bodies half burnt, power officials said.
July 31, 2012 5:33 AM
India blackout worsens; 670M in dark
Updated at 9:02 a.m. Eastern.
(CBS/AP) NEW DELHI - India s energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when three of its electricity grids collapsed, leaving some 670 million people without power in one of the world s biggest-ever blackouts.