Farmers Movement Archive

Bharat bandh: Train traffic hit at some places for a few minutes

PATNA: Train traffic was partially affected at different places in Bihar due to the Bharat bandh on Monday. However, no incidents of damage to railway property were reported from any part of the East Central Railway (ECR). According to ECR chief security commissioner (CSC) and IG (RPF) S Mayank, the bandh supporters had stopped Patna-Gaya MEMU special (03353) at Jehanabad for a few minutes. They, however, dispersed from the railway tracks when railway security personnel reached there, he said. Bandh supporters stopped the Darbhanga-New Delhi superfast Bihar Sampark Kranti Express special (02565) at Darbhanga for few minutes. About 25 bandh supporters owing affiliation to Kisan Sabha and Jan Adhikar Party forcibly stopped the train movement. However, they cleared the railway tracks when security personnel reached there, Mayank said. The Jan Adhikar Party and RJD workers forcibly stopped passenger trains for a while at Narkatiaganj and Banmankhi. The protesters disrupted train movements at Khagaria and Hajipur for 5 minutes. The bandh supporters stopped Dhanabd-Sindri special passenger (03324) at Pahadhigola station under Dhanabd division from 7.33am to 7.50am. Later, the RPF personnel restored normal traffic on the route. At Gomia, the bandh supporters squatted on the tracks and stopped Barwadih-Gomoh special passenger train (03362) for a while. According to the IG, railways had made elaborate arrangements and deployed RPF men at all vulnerable places under the ECR jurisdiction to ensure peace on the tracks as well as at stations.

The Times of India

2021-09-28

Patna