A massive power cut has caused disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi, BBC reports.
It hit a swathe of the country affecting more than 300 million people
in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan
states.
Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde said 60 per cent of the supply had been restored and the rest would be reinstated soon.
It is unclear why supply collapsed, but states using more power than they were authorised to could be one reason.
Mr.
Shinde said he had appointed a committee to inquire into the causes of
the blackout, one of the worst to hit the country in more than a decade.
The outage happened at 02:30 local time (2100 GMT) on Monday after India's Northern Grid network collapsed.
Monday
morning saw travel chaos engulf the region, with thousands of
passengers stranded when train services were disrupted in Punjab,
Haryana and Chandigarh.
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