“…India Power Outage: 620 Million People Affected By One Of The World’s Biggest Blackouts..” (photos..)

“…India’s energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed -

- leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world’s biggest blackout.

Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out – causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi.

Electric crematoria stopped operating – some with bodies half burnt – power officials said.

Emergency workers rushed generators to coal mines to rescue miners trapped underground…”

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India Power Outage: 620 Million People Affected By One Of The World’s Biggest Blackouts (PHOTOS).

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