Electricity grid restored; power generating stations start operations

NEW DELHI: Power supply has been restored to the nine northern states that went powerless since early hours of Monday, Power Grid Corp of India Ltd chairman and managing director R N Nayak told ET.

"All the transmission lines are working now. Restoration from our side has been completely done. About 27,000-mw of power is now flowing in the grid. The coal-based power plants have to pick up generation now. We completed the restoration in record time," Nayak said. PGCIL owns and operates the grid.

A BSES spokesperson said power supply to entire Delhi resumed at around 1400 hrs on Monday.