India Turns to Dirty Fuels to Fight Crippling Supply Squeeze
A worker inspects pipes carrying different fuel products at a refinery complex in Golaghat, India.
Photographer: Adeel Halim/BloombergIndia is turning to polluting fuels such as biomass, kerosene and fuel oil as war-led gas shortages weigh on households and industries across the country.
“Alternative fuel options are being activated to ease pressure on liquefied petroleum gas and gas channels,” Oil Minister Hardeep Puri told Parliament on Thursday. “Kerosene is being made available through retail outlets and public distribution channels and fuel oil is being made available for industrial consumers.”