NEW DELHI: India’s power ministry urged careful use of electricity on Friday, a day after breaking records for power generation during an intense heatwave in the world’s most populous nation.
Peak power usage this week has broken records for four straight days, with temperatures hitting 47°C, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Workers on Friday scooped up dead fish floating on the surface of the Sanjay Park lake in the capital New Delhi. The fish died as the water shrank after days of relentless summer sun.
Temperatures in the megacity hit 43°C on Friday.
On Thursday, the power ministry said it had “successfully met” the “fourth consecutive day when the peak power demand … reached a new all-time high,” supplying 270.82 gigawatts (GW).
