A massive grid failure has left more than 600 million people in India without power, the second large-scale outage to hit the country in as many days.
Blackout Cuts Power to 600 Million in India
![Passengers sit in a train as they wait for electricity to be restored at a railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, July 30, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/64BB83F5-6526-4E41-A9EC-83F781F673EB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Passengers sit in a train as they wait for electricity to be restored at a railway station in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, July 30, 2012.
![Commuters stand on a busy road outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, July 31, 2012](https://gdb.voanews.com/4DC1AD27-4A77-4A35-9214-4C5AF530CE5B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commuters stand on a busy road outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, July 31, 2012
![A general view of an electric power station on the outskirts of Jammu, July 31, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2F04B1B3-A2D7-4760-98D6-9D07CB223D6F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A general view of an electric power station on the outskirts of Jammu, July 31, 2012.
![Commuters walk on empty railway tracks at the New Delhi railway station following a power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4CDD9448-35D5-44B4-99E9-0717560DAEAE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Commuters walk on empty railway tracks at the New Delhi railway station following a power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012.