Power failure at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport

Today, on Monday, June 17, power went out for more than half an hour at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Due to this, check-in and boarding services came to a halt. During this time, people could not get service even at the counter. A passenger wrote on the social media platform X - Delhi Airport's T3 terminal completely shut down due to a power outage! No counter, no Digi Yatra, and nothing is working. Power went out due to a fault in the power grid Power went out due to a fault in the airport's power grid. However, after some time the power supply was restored and all work started normally.

This photo of Delhi airport has been shared by a user named Siddharth Malik on the social media platform X.

Baggage loading process, air conditioners rebooted
An airport official was quoted in a media report as saying that it took some time for the power to shift to backup after the outage. After this, all processes like baggage loading, DigiYatra, and air conditioners at the boarding gate were rebooted.

It took time to return to full-power due to AC load
He said that due to the high load of air conditioners, it took a few minutes to return to full power. Soon after this, systems like Digi Yatra were restarted. The official said that this outage did not affect flight operations.

Both international-domestic flights operate from T3
Delhi has three terminals. Terminals 1 and 2 are for domestic flights, while Terminal 3 handles both international and domestic operations. T1, T2, and T3 terminals can handle 40 million, 15 million, and 45 million passengers annually.

There was a power failure in the Central Government building also.
On June 11, a fire at a power plant in Uttar Pradesh led to an hours-long power outage in Central and East Delhi, including the Central Government Building. The fire broke out in the facility of Power Grid Corporation of India at Mandola near Loni border.