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By Pooja Chaudhuri
Rajya Sabha member and former environment minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted a video of a train carrying coal and claimed that a 4-km-long rack train with four engines is running on a “war footing” to supply coal to power plants.
( Link https://twitter.com/PrakashJavdekar/status/1450828100367835141?t=fscHzHBJ6IIx7HobNIdv9w&s=19)
The video was shared against the backdrop of thermal power plants facing a severe coal shortage, “with coal stocks having come down to an average of four days of fuel across an increasing number of thermal stations”. The government has received flak for the crisis amid reports that Coal India had warned the adviser to the federal power ministry in February of an impending fuel shortage.
News18 published a story based on Javadekar’s tweet. “The Indian Railways, for the first time, has run a four-km-long train with four engines to supply coal to power plants. The urgency to maintain supply via special trains comes in the middle of coal scarcity reported from across the country,” the outlet reported.
The video was shared with the same claim by BJP Delhi Gen Secy Kuljeet Singh Chahal and BJP UP spokesperson Rajesh Chaudhary.
( Link https://twitter.com/kuljeetschahal/status/1450889672163397632?t=b_7V9ZD9ssazBrO6WlY-zw&s=19)
Actor Vindu Dara Singh also tweeted the video.
Among the pro-BJP handles that garnered thousands of views for the clip were RenukaJain6, PAlearner and KharkhariAmit.
The video has also been shared on Facebook. The post below, made by Funclovita, has close to 60,000 views as of this writing.
( Link https://www.facebook.com/funclovita/videos/196888012587753/)
Eight-month-old video
IRTS Association had tweeted the video earlier on January 6, 2021, identifying the train as ‘Vasuki’. An Alt News reader emailed us the tweet, informing us about Prakash Javadekar’s misleading tweet.
( Link https://twitter.com/IRTSassociation/status/1346745521608691717?t=tfwBb0dAZ00kalPu7L_MKA&s=19)
This was also reported in the media. According to an article in Nai Dunia published on January 7, Vasuki completed the first run of 280 km between Korba to Bhilai, setting a new record for the Railways.
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