India’s Power Grid Survived ‘Diya Jalao’, Only Thanks to Drastic Action Behind the Scenes
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India’s Power Grid Survived ‘Diya Jalao’, Only Thanks to Drastic Action Behind the Scenes

  K. Ashok Rao As on August 31, 2019, India had one of the largest operational synchronous grids in the world, with 360.78 GW of installed power generation capacity. The famous blackout of July 30 and 31, 2012, was the largest power outage in India. It affected more than 620 million people – half the…