368 trains have been affected so far while at least 40 Express and goods trains were cancelled or were short terminated due to the farmers’ agitation in Punjab over sugarcane prices which entered its fifth day.
Northern Railways General Manager said, “On August 20, at around 4.45 pm, there is a place near Jalandhar station, some farmers came at a level crossing gate. They had made some demands from the state government and because of that they completely stopped the movement of the train. The information we have is that the representatives of the state government spoke to him. But, the farmers were not ready to move from their place. Due to which rail traffic is getting affected.”
He added, “We had to cancel a large number of trains. 368 trains have either been cancelled or diverted or have been short terminated. Out of these 215 have been cancelled, causing inconvenience to a large number of passengers.”
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