India Suffers Rolling Power Cuts Amid Coal Shortages: Report

India Suffers Rolling Power Cuts Amid Coal Shortages: Report
A worker walks through by a coal-fired thermal power plant belonging to Essar Power in Salaya, India, on Oct. 4, 2016.Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
Updated:

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday warned of a power “crisis” in India’s capital due to coal shortages which have forced utility providers in neighboring areas to shut off electricity to preserve fuel.

States in northern, eastern, and southern India have already suffered electricity cuts due to a lack of coal, and are set to face further outages, according to an analysis of government data conducted by Reuters.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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