Northern, eastern and NE grids restored: Power Grid

August 01, 2012 11:22 am | Updated December 04, 2021 11:12 pm IST - New Delhi

Passengers wait for resumption of train services at Naini railway station following power outage in Allahabad on Tuesday. Power Grid said electricity has been restored across the country.

Passengers wait for resumption of train services at Naini railway station following power outage in Allahabad on Tuesday. Power Grid said electricity has been restored across the country.

More than 20 hours after the country’s worst power failure, the three major electricity grids that had collapsed have been restored, Power Grid said on Wednesday.

The northern, eastern and north-eastern grids were restored by around 09.30 hrs on Wednesday.

Triggering a massive power crisis, which brought most parts of the country to a grinding halt, the three grids collapsed at 13.00 hours on Tuesday.

According to state-run Power Grid, 100 per cent supplies have been restored in all the three regions.

“System restored to normal state,” Power Grid said in a statement. Full power supply of 30,081 MW has been restored in the northern region, including Delhi.

Eastern region, which caters to 10 States and has the largest infrastructure in the country with at least 25,000 MW generation capacity, was the last one to be restored.

“In the eastern region, 100 per cent or 11,052 MW supply has been fully restored,” it said.

Even though the exact reason is yet to be ascertained, officials said that problems started in the eastern grid and there could also have been overdrawals by some States.

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