The most recent part of the saga of the blackout that put 600 million people in India in darkness for a day is that the central government and the states have started to fight over whose fault the trouble was. That tension probably will stall any attempt to get at the root of the infrastructure malfunction that caused the catastrophe. In the meantime, both Indian citizens and foreign companies that do business in the world’s second most populous nation can only guess when another similar event will occur and how often the problem will resurface. And there is no resolution in sight. The New York Times reports:
India’s basic power problem is that the country’s rapid development has led demand to far outstrip supply. That means power officials must manage the grid by shutting down power to small sections of the country on a rotating basis. But doing so requires quick action from government officials who are often loathe to shut off power to important constituencies.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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