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Govt mulls prison term for chief secretaries for power overdrawalThe govt is contemplating levying heavy penalties on states overdrawing electricity that results in grid failure and possible imprisonment ...
19 Aug, 2012, 02.17 PM IST
- Transmission lines saw 'near miss situation' hours before Northern Grid collapsed
The Grid, which serves over 30 crore people, had first tripped on July 30 at 2.33 am and then again on July 31 at around 1 pm.
02 Aug, 2012, 05.17 PM IST
Northern Grid failure: No power in Delhi, essential services affectedEntire Delhi went without power for the second successive day today as the Northern Grid tripped again, crippling various essential service...
31 Jul, 2012, 08.11 PM IST
Power grids collapse: Five reforms that the sector urgently needsA second consecutive day of Northern grid failure, coupled with the collapse of Eastern and North-Estern grids has brought in stark light, ...
31 Jul, 2012, 08.09 PM IST
Northern grid failure: Delhi Metro partially resumes operationsDelhi Metro services resumed partially on Tuesday on all lines after coming to a halt due to failure of Northern Grid. The services started...
31 Jul, 2012, 05.29 PM IST
- Delhi airport operations not hit by Northern Grid collapse
Flight operations at the Delhi airport remained unaffected today even as power supply was snapped for the second day following collapse of ...
31 Jul, 2012, 03.11 PM IST
Overdrawing made northern grid breakdown inevitableThe collapse of the northern grid on Monday was a breakdown waiting to happen because several states had been overdrawing power in recent m...
31 Jul, 2012, 09.03 AM IST
- Northern grid breakdwon leaves Delhi, seven other states in darkness for hours
Electricity supply in northern India collapsed dramatically early on Monday, leaving a third of Indian population in darkness and tripping ...
31 Jul, 2012, 02.46 AM IST
- ET in the classroom: Why does a power grid fail?
On Monday, the whole of north India suffered a blackout for several hours after the sudden collapse of the northern grid. ET explains what ...
31 Jul, 2012, 02.33 AM IST
Power failure in North India: States' indiscipline led to grid collapse, indicates initial probeInitial information available with POSOCO indicates that the northern grid failure, worst in a decade, happened due to indiscipline by a fe...
30 Jul, 2012, 05.14 PM IST
Northern Grid power failure: Delhi Metro commuters face hardshipAs majority of the trains were taken off services in the morning due to power failure, the frequency of trains dropped to an all-time low o...
30 Jul, 2012, 12.09 PM IST
Northern power grid breakdown: Major power failure in north India; Delhi Metro resumes servicesPower supply across seven states of north India has been hit as the northern power transmission grid failed. Train services affected.
30 Jul, 2012, 10.07 AM IST