Farmers’ ‘rail roko’ protest: Blockades affect 50 trains

Monday, 18 October 2021Newsdesk

More than 130 locations across northern India, especially Punjab and Haryana, were affected Monday due to the ‘rail roko’ protest called by agitating farmers demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, the Railways has said.

New Delhi, 18 October 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, the blockades affected the schedules of 50 trains since morning, a Northern Railway spokesman said. “The affected locations are mostly in Ferozepur division in Punjab and Ambala division in Haryana. The Moradabad and Lucknow divisions in Uttar Pradesh are normal,” he said. Among the trains affected were Shatabdi Express to Katra and Amritsar and the Vande Bharat Express to Katra. A North Western Railway spokesman said areas in the Bikaner division, like Bhiwadi, Bathinda, Hanumangarh, are affected for which a couple of trains had to be cancelled, about a dozen short-terminated one diverted.

Source - indianexpress.com