42 Trains Cancelled To Make Way For Coal Carriages Amid Shortage
NDTV
These trains have been cancelled indefinitely, Railways officials said today, with coal stocks depleting rapidly in thermal power plants.
Some 42 passenger trains have been cancelled across India to allow faster movement of coal carriages to tackle critically low stocks at power plants in the middle of blackouts and outrages in many states.
These trains have been cancelled indefinitely, Railways officials said today, with coal stocks depleting rapidly in thermal power plants. The Railways is trying to take steps "at war-footing" to transport coal and also cut down the time it takes to move coal to power plants, officials said.
The move (to cancel trains) is temporary and passenger services will be restored as soon as the situation normalizes, Gaurav Krishna Bansal, an executive director at Indian Railways, told Bloomberg.
Three Chhattisgarh trains cancelled earlier have been restored after protests by local MPs.
