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Friday, August 3, 2012

UNPRECEDENTED GRID FAILURES UNDERSCORE INDIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE WOES


UNPRECEDENTED GRID FAILURES UNDERSCORE INDIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE WOES
Back-to-back transmission grid failures in India plunged nearly 670 million people—roughly 10% of the world's population—into darkness on Monday and Tuesday, paralyzing transport networks and crippling the country's economic ambitions. Larger than both the August 2003 North American blackout and the March 1999 southern Brazil blackout, the unprecedented Indian grid failures are among the world's worst. Read More »

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