Insufficient fuel supplies badly hit train traffic across the country on Monday, as most trains fell behind schedule.
According to details, authorities have directed all railway divisions to arrange diesel from open market for the down-country trains. The railways faces worst fuel crisis after fuel became unavailable in the market following reports of Rs 7 per litre hike in diesel prices. Several trains including Awam Express, Ghouri, Farid Express and Khyber Mail were parked at the engine shed due to lack of fuel. Jaffar and Quetta Express from Quetta and Karachi Express, Awam, Allama Iqbal Express and Tezgam from Karachi were several hours behind schedule.
