A huge voltage spike in Jaipur once fried two ACs, one microwave, and one small fridge among other electrical items. Cost my dad over 50k to replace/repair everything.
This is a huge problem even now
This is a huge problem even now
Where I used to live (in Europe) this sometimes happened , which resulted in power outages, not damage due to safety precautions like sure protectors. But they fixed it when the windmills came along which are quite variable in power delivery and apparently upgraded the net to compensate for this. Haven't had a lot of outages since (changed from about 4-6 times a year to once every 4-6 years).
It sounds like a cheap political hit to me. Just give everyone power and they can say 'we did it' but since it is barely usable nothing has changed.
edit: clarifications