Portable power generators (C) provide electrical power to souvenir shops along Janpath Market, a popular tourist shopping area, during a power outage in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. India's northern and eastern power grids collapsed on July 31, blacking out half the country and affecting hundreds of millions of people in the second day of electricity chaos.
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An off-duty flight attendant from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines browses for souvenirs in a dark shop in Janpath Market, a popular tourist shopping area, during a power outage in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. India's northern and eastern power grids collapsed on July 31, blacking out half the country and affecting hundreds of millions of people in the second day of electricity chaos.
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An Indian cyclist passes through a water logged road as employees of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) pump out the rain water from a submerged underpass near IGI airport in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. Traffic flow, already slow since July 30 rains led to water logging in several areas, became worse by the afternoon after signals stopped functioning following a failure in the Northern Power Grid.
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Porters at a train station in Delhi push parcel carts under high voltage electric wires feeding a train line in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people.
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Indian men sleep under a blacked out information screen at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people.
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Indian porters push a parcels cart over railway tracks near a web of high voltage line feeders at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people.
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An Indian commuter sleeps near a sign warning commuters of high voltage electric lines beyond the fence at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people.
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Indian women and children wait inside a darkened train carriage at a railway station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit India for the second day running as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half the country in a crisis affecting over 600 million people.
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A linesman looks back over the rails he just inspected at a train station in New Delhi on July 31, 2012. India's worst power grid failure in more than a decade and a deadly train fire on Monday highlighted the crumbling infrastructure holding back Asia's third-largest economy, according to experts. "Infrastructure has always been the soft spot of the Indian economy -- there has not been enough investment, which has lowered the potential growth rate," Dariusz Kowalczyk, senior economist at Credit Agricole, told AFP.
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