Word: ghaziabad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state, the outlook is hardly brighter. The 300-megawatt Rihand dam has been closed by water shortages; last month, power was cut by 40% throughout the state. Electric steel furnaces until last week were allowed no power at all and had to shut down completely. In the city of Ghaziabad, other industries are allowed power to operate only between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. That move saves power for domestic and office use during the day, but it automatically idles 15% of the factory work force of 70,000, since women are forbidden by law to work after...