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Power Failures Set Off Protests
2013-05-24 02:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing widespread electricity cuts and leading residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, enraged citizens in Bahraich set fire to a power station, and in Gorakhpur residents held power employees captive for more than 18 hours. The police said Thursday that at least 21 people had been arrested in the violence. Uttar Pradesh, home to 190 million people,...
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