Indian Railway: Amidst the ongoing electricity and coal crisis in the country, Indian Railways has decided to cancel 1100 trains. Railways has said that these trains have been canceled so that coal-laden goods trains being supplied to thermal power plants can be given easy passage.
Indian Railway Canceled train: Due to the coal crisis in the country, the Railways has decided to cancel at least 1100 trains for the next 20 days. Due to this, the business class including the traveler is also upset. Power generation plants in many parts of the country are facing coal crisis. To deal with this and to supply coal, the Railways is transporting 15 percent additional coal. In this connection, the Railways has decided to cancel about 1100 trains for the next 20 days. In this both Mail Express and Passenger trains have been included. 500 trips of express trains, while 580 trips of passenger trains have been cancelled.
Trains stopped to increase supply of coal
According to the railways, these trains have been canceled so that the coal-laden goods trains being supplied to the thermal power plant can be easily given way, so that the coal can reach on time. Railways has already canceled 670 passenger trains for the next one month. So that the frequency of goods trains carrying coal can be increased. Due to this, people traveling to and from coal producing states like Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are facing a lot of inconvenience.
Power crisis is going on in many states
It is worth noting that in many states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, electricity problem had arisen due to coal crisis. After this the government held several meetings. Power cuts were also done in many states, due to which people are facing problems.
Record demand for electricity has increased in the country
The country is facing severe heat this year and due to this the demand for electricity has increased a lot since the month of April. With the increase in the demand for electricity, the consumption of coal has also increased. This is the reason that now only a few days’ coal is left with the power plants, due to which a power crisis has arisen in the country. To avoid this situation, Railways has started trying to give full cooperation on its behalf. Most of the work of transportation of coal in the country is done by railways.
20 percent increase in demand and consumption of coal
Railway Board Chairman VK Tripathi said, “We can say that there has been an increase of 20 per cent in the demand and consumption of coal since last year. In the month of April 2022, we have transported 15 per cent more coal than in April 2021. The demand and consumption of coal has increased significantly as compared to last year, so we are transporting more quantity of coal. We are running additional coal rakes and on higher priority than mail and express trains.
On this issue, Union Energy Minister RK Singh had also admitted that there is a shortage of coal in many states. He had said, ‘The import of coal has been affected due to the Russia-Ukraine war.’ Apart from this, it is being told that due to non-payment of dues to coal companies and strike in Jharkhand, coal crisis has arisen.
