Please, folks, this thread was originally about India.
Could we keep this thread on topic?
Having been through India, I'd hazard a guess and say that the problem isn't really the poor distribution system, but the fact that so many of the users on that system are making illegal, un-metered connections to this system.
While I was over there, the figure of 29% of the total capacity of these grids are supplying "installations" that are not supposed to be connected to it.
Add to the fact that these connections are more than likely not fused at all, so any short circuit that happens has some pretty hideous results, namely fires and grid failures.
What should be happening here, is the authorities in charge of these grids, should be going around and lopping off any un-authorised connections, as this sort of thing is tantamount to theft.
