Several trains under the purview of SER and ECoR were cancelled or diverted on Wednesday, including the premium Rajdhani Express and Vande Bharat Express, owing to the blockade by members of the Kurmi community in Jharkhand and Odisha, officials said.
The trains that were diverted “due to ongoing agitation by Kurmi Samaj” include the Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express and Howrah-Mumbai Duronto Express, while those cancelled were the Howrah-Mumbai Gitanjali Express and Hatia-Kharagpur Express, among others, it said.
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Jamshedpur: The South Eastern Railway on Wednesday announced to resume the Tata-Yesvantpur Express from January 1 after passengers in East Singhbhum and the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district repeatedly demanded for the same for the last 10 months. “We have received a notification for resuming the Yesvantpur express,” senior divisional commercial manager (Chakradharpur) Manish Pathak said.
The absence of south-bound express trains from Tatanagar in the wake of the nationwide lockdown was turning out to be source of discomfort for the passengers since a majority of them travel to the southern states for medical consultations, besides going for vacations. Needless to say, Wednesday’s announcement was very well-received by the passengers’ association here. ‘We had demanded for the resumption of Tata-Alleppey Express (which runs daily) and Tata-Yesvantpur Express,” U K Srivastava of Chotanagpur Passengers Association said, adding, “But something is better than nothing