<p>More than 20 hours after India's worst power failure, the three major electricity grids that had collapsed have been restored, Power Grid said on Wednesday.<br /><br />The Northern, Eastern and North Eastern Grids - that cater to over half of the country's 1.2 billion population - were restored by around 0930 hrs (IST) on Wednesday.<br /><br />Triggering a massive power crisis, which brought most parts of the country to a grinding halt, the three grids collapsed at 1300 hours (IST) on Tuesday.<br /><br />According to state-run Power Grid, 100 per cent supplies have been restored in all the three regions.<br /><br />"System restored to normal state," Power Grid said in a statement.<br /><br />Full power supply of 30,081 MW has been restored in the northern region, including national capital Delhi.<br /><br />Eastern region, which caters to 10 states and has the largest infrastructure in the country with at least 25,000 MW generation capacity, was the last one to be restored.<br /><br />"In the Eastern region, 100 per cent or 11,052 MW supply has been fully restored," it said.<br /><br />Till late Tuesday evening, only 50 per cent of the eastern region had enough electricity supplies.<br /><br />The North East was the first one to be fully restored on Tuesday evening.<br /><br />Even though the exact reason is yet to be ascertained, officials said that problems started in the Eastern Grid and there could also have been over drawals by some states.<br /><br /><br />(PTI)</p>
