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Power blackouts in India
More than 600 million people are without electricity after the collapse of a third power grid in India.
Stretching from Assam to the Himalayas and Rajasthan, one of the worst blackouts to his the nation in a decade has plunged the country into darkness for a second consecutive day
Hope the miners are safe and they sort it out soon .
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TheDarkKnightRises said
Use "were without ...Use "were without electricity" and "had plunged" in your post. Power was restored last night.
Colt45 said
Umm ...That's the norm with every thunder-storm in WV :-(
Baburao-Ganpatr... said
for sure narendra modi will ...for sure narendra modi will blame pakistan for the power blackout :)
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TheDarkKnightRises said
Narendra Modi doesn't need to ...Narendra Modi doesn't need to blame anyone, Gujarat (Where he is the chief minister) is the only power surplus state in India and the only state where every village gets 24 hours power supply. They enjoyed uninterrupted power supply yesterday.
Colt45 it had nothing to do with a thunder-storm.
Colt45 said
TDKR ...I know, I was being cocky :-P
radoha said
Whats this got to do with ...Whats this got to do with Doha?
Khanan said
but ...I saw two Indian news channel yesterday speculating a 'terrorist link in neighbouring country' for the power outage.
One of them quite reputed one :) L
TheDarkKnightRises said
Khanan I didn't catch much ...Khanan I didn't catch much coverage of it on TV so not sure what they were speculating.
Some analysts were wondering what will happen if some terrorists tried to take advantage of such a blackout in future to strike. Maybe some news channel picked up on it and allowed their imaginations to run riot.
tinkerbell10 said
Media loves senationalism and ...Media loves senationalism and when something goes wrong in India blame the Pakis and vice versa!
So Khanan pajee - where were you and your friends yesterday??...:P
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painther said
haha khanan, good, plz don't ...haha khanan, good, plz don't say it’s ABP news (formerly star news) ..lol,
Once one squirrel, in my neighborhood, got sick and subsequently died, some of us blamed it to ISI but they say it was in response to what RAW did when they found one crocodile unconscious in clifton :)
painther said
..actually i was very worried .....actually i was very worried not to see this so important news in QL for sometime, but guess what, there're people, concerned as always, in the service of mankind through this post...........!!!
:P
tinkerbell10 said
Painther - in the service to ...Painther - in the service to India...:)
Vaat ma phrend,,,u no is understanding yennything....:(
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britexpat said
If only governments realised ...If only governments realised the same.
India and Pakistan working together could achieve great things.
Khanan said
Ha Ha Ha :) ...Tinkerjee...ahem...secret..:)
Painther Jee..I know Bloody Pakistanis ;)
info.re.qatar said
again India ...again India
tinkerbell10 said
Khanan Pajee! ...Khanan Pajee! Sooooooo.....Errrrmmmm I have a call to make...:P BRB!.....:D
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Good old joe said
results of looting and corruption ...Yeah and then our technical worker could not get to Doha as the metro was not working and the airport was loaded with a backlog of flights all stuck at Delhi because of the avoidable mess that the goverment did not see coming as they must have been to busy with looting the public treasury and filling their own pockets
TheDarkKnightRises said
Delhi airport was functioning ...Delhi airport was functioning normally yesterday with no impact of the power cut!
mozaismyhero said
I have an Indian maitenance ...I have an Indian maitenance guy who is an electrican, maybe I could send him there to help. He is also a plumber, carpenter, driver, building, a/c specialist and gardener. However nothing seems to get fixed in my villa...:(
Baburao-Ganpatr... said
mozaismyhero its not good to ...mozaismyhero its not good to call any maintenance guy when ur alone as ur a lady for safety reasons
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FlyingAce said
brit, That would only remain ...brit, That would only remain a Wish....
Establishments at both sides of the Border, will not let it happen...
dota said
More than 600 million people ...More than 600 million people w/o electricity... OMG!
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mozaismyhero said
Its ok monkey my brothers are ...Its ok monkey my brothers are here to protect me from unwanted indian attention, especially when there is a black out.
Good old joe said
Right way ahead ......looks like India is really making a start to save the world and reduce carbon emissions by starting to go green by trying to reduce electricity consumption. Good job India.. You sure can do your bit to save the world
radoha said
[yawn] boring!! ...[yawn] boring!!
mozaismyhero said
I heard the reason for the ...I heard the reason for the blackout was the main power generating company had a complete shutdown. Their worker fell off his generator bike and broke his leg.....
Mandilulur said
Colt45, WV??? Mandi ...Colt45, WV???
Mandi