India power outage hits 350m people

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/india-power-outage-350m-people

The worst blackout to hit India in more than a decade left 350 million people in seven northern states without power for more than eight hours on Monday.

The capital, Delhi, as well as the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir were all affected.

Hundreds of overnight trains were stopped in their tracks after power to northern railway lines was cut, and Delhi's metro system was badly hit. Water supplies in the capital, always patchy, were worse than usual, as was road congestion after most traffic lights failed.