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.

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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.

The eastern, northern and northeastern regional grids collapsed on Tuesday resulting in an unprecedented situation with power snapped in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam and

A blame game erupted among some states with whom the Centre also locked horns over the unprecedented power outage on Tuesday that affected 60 crore people - over half of the country's population.

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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.

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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.

In a major diversification plan, state-run Power Grid Corporation is in discussions with three companies, including SAIL, for setting up an equal joint venture to manufacture transmission equipment.

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