[Peakoil] SOUTH ASIA: Power shortage plagues region

[Antony Barry]

SOUTH ASIA: Power shortage plagues region

Source: Aljazeera

"As South Asia enjoys unprecedented economic growth, soaring summer  
temperatures have highlighted a chronic shortage of electricity that  
is crippling enterprises and leaving millions to suffer without any  
hope of respite. From India, the world's second fastest growing major  
economy after China, to impoverished Bangladesh, which has enjoyed 5%  
annual growth since the early 1990s, governments are plagued by the  
problem of growing demand for power combined with inadequate supply.

In parts of the Indian capital Delhi residents are left to swelter  
for up to 10 hours at a stretch. In some rural areas there is  
electricity for only two hours a day or none at all. Less than 50% of  
households nationwide have access to electricity compared with 97% in  
China. Industry is suffering billions of dollars losses due to poor  
electricity services."

Full article: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/409E34AE- 
EE2D-45E5-ACEA-A07F38AD923A.htm

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