An additional 2,000 MW of electricity could be consumed for cooking purposes in urban areas, 1,000 MW in the transport sector, and 2,000 MW in the industrial sector if the distribution system is improved by speeding up.
The city’s air quality index fell into the “very poor” category on Sunday, according to SAFAR, India’s main environmental monitoring agency, and in many areas levels of the deadly particulate matter reached around six times the global safety threshold.