India, April 4 -- Hyderabad: The top brass of power utilities in the country have made it clear that there was no threat to the electricity grids due to sudden fluctuations in the demand for about nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon people to switch off electricity lights and light lamps, candles, battery torches or mobile flashes to express their solidarity amid Covid-19's distress.

Certain messages claiming to have been sent by the electricity engineer associations have been making rounds in the social media since the PM's video message on Friday morning. The creators of the message (as they haven't mentioned any names or source or origin) have been widely circulated on WhatsApp and Faceboo...