Countrywide 9-minute lights switch off manageable: Grid authorities

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call asking nation to switch off lights for nine minutes on Sunday will not impact electricity grid operations, power ministry official said.

The power ministry officials and grid management authorities swung into action immediately after Modi addressed the nation on Friday morning. The prime minister has asked people to switch off lights at 9 PM on Sunday night and express solidarity in times of lockdown by lighting earthen lamps or torch lights.