Blaming overdrawal of power by certain states for the current crisis, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday said the government is working to bring back normalcy in about one hour.

"We are try

Traffic was thrown out of gear in the capital on Tuesday afternoon when signals went blank following power failure across north India.

Triggering a major power crisis, three electricity grids connecting more than 20 states and the national capital collapsed on Tuesday.

Train services were disrupted in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh due to collapse of the northern grid on Monday morning, leaving a large number of passengers stranded.

A number of passenger trains

Almost entire Delhi went without power for about eight hours on Monday due to the collapse of the Northern Grid, putting people to misery on a humid day when water distribution and Metro services were largely affected.

A three-member panel will look into the failure of the Northern Grid, which led to power outages throughout the region on Monday, and submit its report in 15 days, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.

North India on Monday suffered its worst ever power failure in 10 years, triggered by a grid failure, paralysing normal life in eight states, including the national capital, for over 15 hours.

Electr

Power supply in Northern states was severely affected on Monday with failure of Northern Grid at about 2:30 am. The states affected are Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Himachal and Rajasthan.

"Yes there

Services on all six lines of Delhi Metro were affected on Monday due to a major failure in the Northern Grid that supplies power to the modern transport system.

No trains were available on any of th

Power capacity idle due to gas shortage
V. Anil Reddy, chairman of the power committee of Fapcci

Industries are currently subjected to four days of power cuts a week besides peak hour restriction