If coal is available, why passenger trains being cancelled: Chattisgarh CM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday attacked the BJP-led Union government, asking if there was no shortage of coal why were passenger trains cancelled.

The railways has cancelled 42 passenger trains to facilitate coal 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.

Baghel claimed that 23 trains from Chhattisgarh were cancelled and after talking to the railway minister six of them have been restored.

“If coal is available then why are they stopping the operation of trains across the country?” he asked.