Farmers' Protest Hits Train Movement, National Highway In Punjab's Jalandhar

Saturday, 21 August 2021Newsdesk

Farmers seeking hike in sugarcane prices blocked rail tracks and a national highway in Jalandhar today, impacting movement of trains and vehicular traffic. According to railway officials of Ferozepur division, as many as 50 trains have been cancelled, while 54 have either been diverted or short-terminated.

New Delhi, 21 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Scores of farmers had on Friday launched an agitation for an indefinite period to press the Punjab government to accept their demands related to pending dues of sugarcane and hike in cane prices. They refused today to lift the blockade till their demands were met. Emergency vehicles have, however, been allowed to ply, they added. Protesters have blocked the Jalandhar-Phagwara stretch of the national highway near Dhanowali village of Jalandhar district. The blockade affected traffic to and from Jalandhar, Amritsar and Pathankot, though the administration diverted traffic through some alternative routes.

Source -NDTV