Protesters at Dankaur railway station in Greater Noida
GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: Passenger train services were mostly unaffected in NCR cities on Thursday as farmers took part in the ‘rail roko’ programme for about four hours.
In Ghaziabad, several farmers sat on railway tracks at Modinagar resulting in a Haridwar-bound train to halt for about 45 minutes. In neighbouring Noida, protesters stopped the Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express for around 30 minutes near Dankaur station.
In Gurgaon, farmers blocked the railway tracks at Farrukhnagar, leading to Adani Logistic Park. Although the protest continued till 4 pm, passenger train services were not disrupted on the route.
Farmers protest: Rail Roko had negligible impact on services, says Railways
A railway spokesperson said the agitation passed off without any untoward incident and there was negligible or minimal impact on running of the trains across the country
PTI | February 19, 2021 | Updated 10:22 IST
Agitating farmer groups on Thursday held a four-hour nationwide rail roko agitation with the railways saying there was negligible impact on services though some trains were stopped by officials at stations as a precautionary measure. In Punjab and Haryana, farmers at several places squatted on railway tracks which led to disruption in normal movement of trains on some routes.
Rail roko agitation by farmers organisations had negligible impact on train operations: Railways ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 21:59 IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): The nationwide Rail Roko agitation called by some farmers organisations on Thursday had a minimal or negligible impact on train operations, informed the Ministry of Railways on Friday.
According to an official release, only 30 mail trains were affected out of the total 12,800 trains run by Indian Railways (including goods and passenger trains).
Several other trains were able to make up time, while some of the long-distance trains which were yet to reach destination were expected to make up time further.
Highlights
The SKM took note of the high-level meeting of the BJP of JP Nadda with elected party leaders and others from different states
Indian Railways has deployed 20 additional companies of the Railway Protection Special Force across the country in view of the protest
New Delhi: Farmers` organisations will hold a nationwide `rail roko` programme for 4 hours on Thursday (February 18) as they continue their protest against the Centre s new farm laws. The peaceful protest is scheduled to be organised today from 12 noon to 4 pm.
Jagtar Singh Bajwa, spokesperson of the Kisan Andolan Committee, Ghazipur border said they will carry out a peaceful protest during the `Rail Roko` programme, adding We will offer refreshments to the passengers to avoid inconvenience.