New Delhi: Large parts of North India, including Delhi, plunged back into darkness late on Saturday night as the regional electricity grid collapsed due to dense fog, hours after it was restored, bringing to several trains in the
region to a standstill.
The Northern grid has again collapsed, leading to disruption of power supply to all power plants in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, a senior official of Punjab State Electricity Board said in Chandigarh.
He said it will take six to seven hours to restore the power supply.
Several parts of the national capital also went without electricity late on Saturday night -- for the second time in a day -- following a major breakdown in the Northern grid.
A Delhi Transco official said the technical problem in the grid occurred at around 10 PM resulting in massive disruption of power supply.
"As of now, I can't specify the areas affected by the problem in the grid but many areas across the city faced power cuts because of the technical problem in the grid," he said adding a 440kv line was totally shut down because of the failure.
Several long-distance trains, which left Delhi after 2145 hrs IST, were stranded in nearby areas due to lack of power supply, said railway sources.
Reports of power supply breakdown also came in from Jammu and Srinagar.
Heavy fog reduced visibility sharply halting vehicular traffic movement on the streets of Delhi and other places in the region as drivers chose to stop their vehicles on roadsides.
Earlier in the day, the fog led to the collapse of the the Northern grid snapping power supply to vast tracts of north India, including Delhi, in the wee hours.
However, power supply had been restored to normalcy by Saturday evening before the second grid breakdown occurred late on Saturday night.
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