New Delhi, 6/5:India is planning to reopen more than 100 coal mines previously considered financially unsustainable, a government official said on Friday, as a power crisis forces the world’s third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter to double down on the dirty fuel.
The country’s electricity demand touched a record high in April as nearly three in four of India’s 1.35 billion people endured the hottest pre-summer months in decades.
Surging use of air conditioning triggered the worst power crisis in more than six years last month, and though temperatures have eased in recent days, they are forecast to rocket again soon.
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