21.  A power outage caused by a fault in the transmission lines crippled the western metropolis of Bombay and affected four states in western India on Saturday.

22.  Members of Congress from affected states were not happy.

23.  Officials in affected states, including Texas, are concerned about so much track under the control of just a few companies.

24.  She said the administration would have to persuade affected states to agree to any drilling.

25.  The affected states are Missouri, Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wyoming.

26.  The changes include projecting a winner in a race only after all of the polls in the affected state, rather than just a majority, have closed.

27.  He added that psychological trauma sparked by the explosion had led to a quadrupling of the suicide rate in affected states and a jump in psychosomatic illnesses.

28.  He said a national task force assembled by the government would meet in Canberra Monday to discuss the extent of vaccinations required and financial assistance to affected states.

29.  Hundreds of roads in the affected states were closed as a result of the flooding, officials said.

30.  The reference was included in the recommendations despite objections from the three affected states.