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Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave
Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of country
Engineers in India have warned of the possibility of prolonged power outages in the north, where a heatwave has brought misery for millions of people. The All India Power Engineers Federation has written to the state government saying the situation is becoming more “serious by the day” and that a grid outage in Punjab could have a domino effect on the rest of the country. Life has become particularly difficult for people obliged to work outside, such as street vendors, traffic police, security guards, delivery staff, auto-rickshaw wallahs and construction workers.
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