Category 3 hurricanes are known to damage small buildings or even destroy those without any solid foundation, such as mobile homes.

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For its part, Deutsche Telekom wrote to Prime Minister Singh in October saying that the cancellation was "without any contractual foundation" and violated a 1998 pact between India and Germany that is designed to protect cross-border investments.

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It went on to say: The company has rigorous health and safety standards and any suggestion to the contrary is completely without foundation.

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Without DG, a microgrid could not exist, so these DG assets are the foundation of any such localized smart grid network.

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