India could face as long as six months battling to ensure coal-fired power plants have enough fuel as the nation’s energy crisis escalates. More than half the nation’s plants are on alert for outages after surging electricity demand and a slump in local coal output eroded stockpiles.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-says-coal-crisis-could-drag-on-as-long-as-6-months/articleshow/86779086.cms