Indians blame corruption, poor infra for power cuts amid heatwaves

Most Indian households believe that chronic corruption, apart from the debilitating coal shortage, is the reason for the country’s power woes. “A dire situation for people and one that highlights the urgent need for reforming governance in state and local power departments and companies associated with the same,” the LocalCircles survey report said. As temperature rises—it has already hit 50 degrees celsius in several parts of the country—electricity outages have affected more than half of the 28 Indian states.