Stepping up their agitation against the Centre’s newly enacted farm laws, Protesters squatted on railway tracks at 44 locations across Punjab and Haryana on Friday, March 26 as part of the Bharat Bandh called by farmers for the interruption of rail traffic.
A railway spokesperson said four Shatabdi trains have been cancelled, 35 other passenger trains were detained and the movement of 40 goods trains was affected by the protests.
The 44 locations where train movement has been disrupted fall under the Delhi, Ambala and Ferozepur divisions of the railways.
Northern Railways spokesperson Deepak Kumar said”As of 11 am, kisan agitators are sitting at 44 locations. Total 35 passenger trains have been detained and 40 goods trains are affected so far. Four Shatabdi trains have been cancelled,”
The Samkyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for the bandh from 6 am to 6 pm to mark four months of the farmers’ agitation at Delhi’s three borders — Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri.
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur borders demanding a complete revoke of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP on their crops.
