New Delhi A non-descript washery to clean coal of its ash content near Raigarh, the centre of the coal belt in Chattisgarh state has recently fenced itself around for reasons of security. The manager of the washery said it provides a nice target for Naxalites who are otherwise mostly confined to the hills. The demand for washeries is the latest in a series of steps India has been pushing to extract more from its coal reserves. From a crude crisis at the beginning of the new century, India has neatly leapt into a coal crisis in eleven years. The Indian energy sector overwhelmingly dependent on coal, with over 50% of the primary commercial energy is now coming to terms with a shortage it just wasn