While
power
outages
are
nothing
new,
these
latest
glitches
plunged
670
million
of
India’s
citizens
into
darkness
and
raise
big
questions
over
the
reliability
of
the
fragile
centralised
power
system.
Speculation
abounds
as
to
the
causes
of
the
outages
on
30
and
31
July
that
brought
daily
life
in
28
states
to
a
near
standstill.
The
financial
impact
on
businesses
could
run
into
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars.
Hospitals
were
forced
to
use
generators
to
keep
emergency
rooms
open;
failed
traffic
lights
caused
gridlock
in
major
cities;
trains
stood
motionless
for
hours;
and…
