Half of India Crippled by Second Day of Power Failures

July 31, 2012 - 2:17 pm | Category: World

More than 600 million people in India are without power after a blackout darkened about half of the country today. Backup generators have kept hospitals and major airports running, but traffic lights are out throughout the country, water-treatment plants are without power, and hundreds of trains are stalled.

An Indian official says officials are working to find the source of the problem.