The power consumption went down from 117GW to 85.30GW within the spin of around four minutes leading up to 9 pm.

There were apprehensions about an adverse affect on the electricity grid due to the blackout among people, which were dispelled by the Ministry of Power on Saturday.

Power System Operation Corp Ltd, the agency responsible for managing the electricity grid, had said lighting load of household consumes may be no more than 12-13 GW.

These apprehensions are misplaced," the power ministry had said on Saturday.

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