SRINAGAR, July 30: Power supply has been restored in some parts of North India including Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
Due to a massive breakdown in the northern grid, there has been a major power failure which has affected seven north Indian states. There was no power in Kashmir, Delhi and neighbouring states since 2 am.
Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan are the states affected. Train services have also been affected by the power failure in North India.
The Metro service in Delhi was also hit. While 25 per cent of the Metro train services resumed, the interval between trains was longer. Forty Northern Railway trains were also running late.
Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that it’ll take another one and a half hour’s time to restore power. “My officers are on the spot. The fault is found near Agra. It will be corrected in one and a half hour’s time,” he said in New Delhi.
Emergency power services were provided to the VVIP areas.
