Delhi Cut Electricity Loss from 50 to 5 Percent
It’s still dark outside, and I’m in the kitchen preparing breakfast, packing lunches, and getting my two children ready to catch the school bus when, for the third time in a week, the power goes out. No lights, no mixer to finish my daughter’s puttu—her favorite rice dish—no kettle, no toaster. The bathroom is dark, and the kids are upset.It will probably be hours before the power comes back on, so I grab a flashlight and light the candles that are set up around the house for these occasions.
- ▪It’s still dark outside, and I’m in the kitchen preparing breakfast, packing lunches, and getting my two children ready to catch the school bus when, for the third time in a week, the power goes out.
- ▪No lights, no mixer to finish my daughter’s puttu—her favorite rice dish—no kettle, no toaster.
- ▪The bathroom is dark, and the kids are upset.It will probably be hours before the power comes back on, so I grab a flashlight and light the candles that are set up around the house for these occasions.
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EnergyMagazineFeatureClimate Tech Here’s How Delhi Achieved Its Epic Power-Grid Fix It slashed electricity losses from 50 to 5 percent Mini Shaji Thomas23h13 min readDelhi brilliantly illuminates Humayun's Tomb on 14 August 2026, on the eve of India’s Independence Day.Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesIt’s 6 a.m. on a cold January morning in 2002 in New Delhi. It’s still dark outside, and I’m in the kitchen preparing breakfast, packing lunches, and getting my two children ready to catch the school bus when, for the third time in a week, the power goes out. No lights, no mixer to finish my daughter’s puttu—her favorite rice dish—no kettle, no toaster.
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