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Zakaria Siddiqui on why the power grids failed last week and what can be done about it

The two successive blackouts on July 30th and 31st, each lasting more than ten hours, caused a havoc in throughout northern India. Whatever be the excuses put forward by the government, years of neglect of power sector reform and misplaced investment priorities are at the root of the crisis.

  Arati Chokshi Here is my basic premise. India’s energy consumption, like most of its other resource utilisation, is to a very large extent decoupled from meeting the needs of its masses. In India, as many as 400 million people have no access to electricity. And while the 8.8% growth inRead More