New Delhi . Amidst the coal crisis in the country, the Railways has claimed that the demand and consumption of coal has increased by 20 percent this year as compared to earlier. For this reason additional coal freight trains are being operated. Railway Board Chairman V.K. Tripathi said on Sunday, “We can say that the demand and consumption of coal has increased by 20 per cent from last year. In the month of April 2022, we have transported 15 per cent more coal as compared to April 2021. Coal. The demand and consumption of coal has increased significantly as compared to last year, so we are transporting more quantity of coal. We are operating additional coal rakes and on higher priority as compared to mail and express trains.”
The country is facing severe heat this year and due to this the demand for electricity has increased since the month of April, due to which 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 the power crisis has arisen in the country. To avoid this situation, the Railways has started trying to give full cooperation from its side. Most of the work of transportation of coal in the country is done by the Railways.
It is noteworthy that power generation plants in many parts of the country are facing coal crisis. To deal with this, the railways transported an additional 15 per cent coal to supply coal. In this connection, the Railways has 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 commuting from coal producing states like Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are facing inconvenience.
—AnyTV News
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