How the massive power outage played out on Twitter

The Power failure in North India just shows how poor our public services are all because of sub-optimal investment in upgradation n training

-- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (@kiranshaw) July 31, 2012

Powergrid collapses again. Metro/ traffic all effected. Yesterday the trouble seemed temp.. Guess the troubleshoot was temp. #electricity

-- Sumeet Chaudhri (@djsumitchaudhri) July 31, 2012

600mn indians affected by power grid failure. Any word from the PM? Anything?

-- Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) July 31, 2012

At this rate, the next election can be fought between Indian against Corruption and India against Electricity

-- Ashok Malik (@MalikAshok) July 31, 2012

Every single government in India has missed the annual electricity production increase target since 1951. Every government, every year!!

-- Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) July 31, 2012

the awkward moment when you have internet access and no electricity at home. can't decide if it's a 1st world or a 3rd world country.

-- Frootifer Vajpayee (@Oinkoo) July 31, 2012