Dive Summary:
- More than 300 million people were left without power in New Delhi and parts of northern India Monday.
- Grid failure is being blamed for the outage, which resulted in hydroelectric plants in Himachal Pradesh and thermal power stations in Punjab and Haryana shutting down.
- Power was being restored Monday as the region took power from the eastern and western grids, as well as Bhutan.
From the article:
Grid failure left more than 300 million people without power in New Delhi and much of northern India on Monday in the worst blackout for more than a decade, highlighting chronic infrastructure woes holding back Asia's third-largest economy. ...
