India’s once-shoddy transport infrastructure is getting much better
But it has a long way to go to catch up with China
JUST after 1pm on July 31st 2012 lights blinked out across northern India. It was the world’s biggest-ever blackout, affecting more than 600m people. It was also a swingeing blow to a transport system that had struggled to cope at the best of times. Hundreds of trains came to a halt in open country and in the tunnels of Delhi’s underground railway. Some passengers had to wait for hours in shirt-drenching heat.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Powering ahead”
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