Massive Power Outage in Georgia

August 18, 2003

TBILISI: Massive power failure hit Georgia as a fault developed in a power plant in the former Soveit republic, a press report said on Monday. 

Capital Tbilisi was the worst hit city as thousands of people trapped in subways due to closure of the underground railway system because of the power failure. Massive power outage also badly hit the water supply. It also forced closure of all TV channels in the country. 

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