Poorva Express: हुगली सी बहती तेरी चाल है पूर्वा तू बेमिसाल है - Keshav Singh

You actually can't say it is waste of Diesel. Self generating coaches weights almost 10%more than ICF coaches, and the amount of power needed to pull these coaches will be more compared to LHB. So indirectly, loco will be using more diesel/electric city to pull Self generating coaches.

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