Indian Chaos - Reading Comprehension

Passage to read:

Delhi plunged into darkness and subsequent chaos since the wee hours of Monday following a disturbance in the Northern Grid that resulted in a blackout across eight northern States. Essential services like train, metro and water supply were affected due to the outage. A collection of images of the harrowed times Delhi residents went through several hours before power supply was restored.

Words to learn and use:

Plunged:

verb. to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into something.
example.
We ran down to the beach and plunged into the sea.
The car went out of control and plunged over the cliff.
Cook the peas by plunging them into boiling water
Niagara Falls plunges 55.5 meters.
The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge.
Our income has plunged dramatically. 

 Over there are the fish ponds, you'll have plenty of opportunity to catch a mess of trout, or brass, or even catfish. I'm a miser. I love to make things work. The ponds are in series, according to the nature of the fish. But the water starts working up in the mountains. It irrigates a score of mountain meadows before it makes the plunge and is clarified to crystal clearness in the next few rugged miles; and at the plunge from the highlands it generates half the power and all the lighting used on the ranch. Then it sub-irrigates lower levels, flows in here to the fish ponds, and runs out irrigates miles farther on.

Explanations from 'Wordnik.com'

verb. to thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place.
example. Plunge the lobsters, head first, into the large pot of rapidly boiling salted water. 

verb. to cast suddenly, violently or deeply into a given state or situation.
example. The street was plunged in cool shadow

verb. to fall or throw oneself into a substance or place.
example. we plunged into the icy mountain lake.

verb. to throw oneself earnestly or wholeheartedly into an activity or situation.
example. I plunged into my studies

verb. to enter or move headlong through something.
example. The hunting dogs plunged into the forest.

verb. to descend steeply, fall precipitously.
example. a cliff that plunges to the sea.

verb. to move forward and downward violently.
example. the rider plunged from the bucking horse.

verb. to become suddenly lower, decrease dramatically.
example. Stock prices plunged during the banking crisis.

verb. to speculate or gamble extravagantly.

noun. to act or an instance of plunging

noun. a place or area, such as a swimming pool, for diving or plunging.

noun. a swim, a dip.
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Wee

adjective. small, little
example.
There's a wee cottage inside the grounds.
Would you care for a wee bit more to eat?
adjective. Very early,
example, the wee hours of the morning

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Harrowed

adjective. looking as if you have suffered
example. His face was harrowed.