Rail Roko Andolan: DMRC closes entry, exit at four metro stations
The security at the borders of Delhi with Haryana and Punjab as well as at the Ghaziabad border with Uttar Pradesh has been increased as well. The commuters should plan their travel accordingly to places that fall on these routes. (File image)
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Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 01:35 PM IST
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) decided to shut the entry and exit games of four metro stations in Delhi on Thursday (February 18), keeping in view of the Rail Roko Andolan called by the protesting farmers. The four metro stations closed throughout the day fall on the Green Line of the Delhi Metro network.
Rail roko : Trains to be delayed as farmers block tracks in protest of farm laws
Farmers Rail Roko protest: Many farmers gathered near railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana where officials stopped trains as a safety measure.
BusinessToday.In | February 18, 2021 | Updated 14:29 IST
Rail Roko protest today: Movement of trains is likely to be delayed because of the blockade by farmers
The Rail Roko Andolan announced by farmers to protest against the farm laws began at 12:00 pm and will last till 04:00 pm on Wednesday. The spokesperson of the Kisan Andolan committee, Ghazipur Jagtar Singh Bajwa said that they will offer refreshments to the passengers to avoid inconvenience. Many farmers gathered near railway tracks in Punjab and Haryana where officials stopped trains as a safety measure.
Updated Feb 18, 2021 | 06:01 IST
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday had said that the ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ will be held from 12 pm to 4 pm across India today. Protesting farmers block railway tracks in Amritsar last year during the agitation against Centre s agriculture laws. | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) will on Thursday carry out a nationwide ‘rail roko’ agitation in protest against the Centre’s three contentious agriculture laws for which farmers across north India have been on a dharna in the national capital of Delhi.
BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday had said that the ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ will be held from 12 pm to 4 pm across India today.
Rail Roko protests hit train operations in Bihar
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Thu, Feb 18 2021 14:36 IST |
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Rail Roko protests hit train operations in Bihar. Image Source: IANS News
Patna, Feb 18 : In support of Rail Roko call given by farmer leaders, opposition parties in Bihar organised massive protests at several places in the state on Thursday to disrupt train services.
The Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) led by Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav and his supporters spearheaded the Rail Roko protests in Bihar. Yadav himself was involved in a protest at Patna s Sachiwalay halt. Along with his supporters, he stopped a passenger train at the halt and did not allow it allow it to pass.
Being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers agitation, which comprises farmers from all religions and castes, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and Punjab Act 8 of 1925 .
On International Women’s Day, women from Punjab reached Tikri on Delhi-Haryana border on to join the ongoing farmers’ protest. A protestor said, “We urge the Central Government to roll back the three black laws.” Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.International Women’s Day: Women take helm of Farmers protest at Tikri Border