Power crisis: Chidambaram hits out at Centre's move to cancel passenger trains to run coal rakes
India Today
Amid a looming power crisis, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has hit out at the Centre over its decision to cancel passenger trains to rush coal rakes.
As several states continue to reel from an acute coal shortage, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has criticised the government's move to cancel passenger trains to rush coal rakes.
He said, "Abundant coal, large rail network, unutilised capacity in thermal plants. Yet, there is acute power shortage. Modi Government cannot be blamed. It is because of 60 years of Congress rule!"
"Government has found the perfect solution: cancel passenger trains and run coal rakes!," he added.
Government has found the perfect solution: cancel passenger trains and run coal rakes!Modi hai, mumkin hai.
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Further cornering the Centre over the issue, he said, "There is no incompetence in the Ministries of Coal, Railway or Power. The blame lies with past Congress ministers of the said departments! Modi hai, mumkin hai."
The railways cancelled 42 passenger trains so far to facilitate coal freight movement in the wake of a power crisis in various parts of the country, causing inconvenience to people travelling to and from coal-producing states such as Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
