{"id":326786,"date":"2020-09-24T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T09:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326786"},"modified":"2020-09-24T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T10:48:21","slug":"train-services-suspended-in-punjab-as-farmers-rail-roko-agitation-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/train-services-suspended-in-punjab-as-farmers-rail-roko-agitation-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Train services suspended in Punjab as farmers \u2018Rail roko\u2019 agitation begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-302091 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train.jpg 587w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-534x462.jpg 534w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/ganga-kaveri-train-486x420.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/>Many trains were suspended on Thursday as farmers began a three-day \u2018rail roko\u2019 protest against the three Farm Bills passed by Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee had earlier announced that they will stage a \u2018rail roko\u2019 agitation against the Bills for three days from September 24 to 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Activists of the\u00a0Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) are also protesting\u00a0on rail tracks in Barnala and Sangrur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the railway authorities, 14 pairs of special trains will remain suspended from September 24 to 26. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the safety of passengers and protection of railway property from any damage, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Among the trains which will remain suspended are Golden Temple Mail (Amritsar-Mumbai Central), Jan Shatabdi Express (Haridwar-Amritsar), New Delhi-Jammu Tawi, Karambhoomi (Amritsar-New Jalpaiguri), Sachkhand Express (Nanded-Amritsar) and Shaheed Express (Amritsar-Jaynagar).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many trains were suspended on Thursday as farmers began a three-day \u2018rail roko\u2019 protest against the three Farm Bills passed by Parliament. The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee had earlier announced that they will stage a \u2018rail roko\u2019 agitation against the Bills for three days from September 24 to 26. Activists of the\u00a0Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":302091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,1801,2913,2014],"tags":[13451,279],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326786"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326795,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326786\/revisions\/326795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/302091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}