India In The Grip Of Darkness

The massive power failure last month that was known to hit half of the countrys population

according to the initial findings of high level panel appointed by the government to probe the grid collapse was probably caused by the overdrawing of electricity by northern states. After the first round of the findings it was realized by the committee that the western region was under drawing electricity with no reduction in the capacity of power generation while the northern region suffered an enormous power cut due to overdrawing which had resulted in inter-regional imbalances. Another reason pertaining to this issue could be constraints in the inter regional grid linkage between the Northern and Western grid due to the upgradation work being carried out at the Bina-Gwalior transmission lines in Madhya Pradesh. To get further details about the northern grid collapse buy news articles. Sources even reported that another such reason of the failure of the grid could be the negligence of the State Load Dispatch Centers which were careless about maintaining the grid discipline.

Government had constituted a committee to look into this matter which was headed by the CEA Chairman and the other members of the committee included former MERC Chief, CMD Power Grid and CEO, POSOCO (Power Operation System Company Ltd). It was stated as the worst black out in the last 11 years, in this worst ever crises over half of the country s population and over 21 states, woke up to the power crises on July 31st as three major transmission grids had failed bringing northern, eastern and north-eastern regions to a grinding halt. The mass power cut prolonged for less than 24hrs but was revived on July 30th due to the disturbance occurring in the Northern Region Grid which once again led to power failure in eight states encompassing the whole of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh. Take a glimpse of India in the wake of worst power crises, buy online images.

Power failure in Northern India was worst in a decade, the movement of trains in the North Central Railway region came to a grinding halt and other essential services were largely disrupted and the life was thrown out of gear. Life had come to a sudden halt for a while for cores of people as half of the country was facing a total blackout. A blame game wont work here; the need of the hour is a perfect resolution to the ongoing problems keeping the presence of mind intact. Negligence can give way to disasters; buy online content to know related stories. In the words of Suresh Prabhu, the man who ran Indias power ministry in the year 2000, Though it looks like an accident, it was an accident that was waiting to happen." This incident could have truly turned in to an accident; it is the time for the government to take instant measures to solve the larger problems with its power supply.

by: John Matthew

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