Farmers Movement Archive

NWR cancels 22 trains due to agitation

Jaipur: Altogether 22 trains were cancelled and 29 were partially cancelled by the North Western Railway (NWR) on Monday because of Bharat Bandh. Approximately 15,000 passengers were affected due to the agitation. Officials claimed that services would resume on Tuesday according to timetable. Rail traffic on Rewari-Bhiwani, Bhiwani-Rohtak, Bhiwani-Hisar and Hanumangarh-Sadulpur-Sriganganagar-Fatuhi rail sections was affected. According to Lieutenant Shashi Kiran, chief public relations officer of NWR, “As the agitation continued till 6pm, we had to cancel trains and approximately 2,000 passengers have already been refunded for their tickets.” No damage to public property on NWR routes was reported. Farmers from different parts of the country, especially Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi borders since November last year, demanding the repeal of the three farm laws that they fear would do away with the Minimum Support Price system. The government, however, has been projecting the three laws as major agricultural reforms. Over 10 rounds of talks between the two parties have failed to break the deadlock. Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation, had earlier appealed to the people to join the bandh.

The Times of India

2021-09-28

Jaipur