Over 300 activists of Nagrik Ekta Manch on Wednesday staged a Rail Roko agitation at the Goelkera Railway Station of the Howrah-Mumbai main line, demanding the stoppage of mail and express trains there.
Men and women sat on the railway tracks and started their agitation from 8:45 am, disrupting train movement along the route.
Several senior railway officials of South Eastern Railway s Chakradharpur division including the senior divisional commercial manager Manish Pathak rushed to the spot.
Deployment of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) was also made in adequate numbers to prevent any untoward incident.
Leading the agitation, the president of the outfit, Laxman Malgandi said that Goelkera Railway Station assumes importance as several mail and express trains running in Howrah- Mumbai main trunk route passes through it.