Delhi Chief Minister Warns of Power Crisis Due to Coal Shortage

Delhi Chief Minister Warns of Power Crisis Due to Coal Shortage
Workers drill at an open cast coal field at Dhanbad district in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Sept. 18, 2012. Ahmad Masood/Reuters
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NEW DELHI—Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday warned of a power crisis in the Indian capital due to a coal shortage, which has already triggered electricity cuts in some of the country’s eastern and northern states.

“Delhi could face a power crisis,” Kejriwal said in a tweet in which he also shared a copy of a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging a shortage of fuel in power plants in and around Delhi.