Jat stir affects services on Mathura-Alwar rail track

Jaipur, June 23

Northern Western Railway (NWR) on Friday cancelled two trains and diverted two others due to blockade on Mathura-Alwar rail track by Jat community seeking OBC reservation benefits.

Train-51973 Mathura-Jaipur departing from Mathura and train-51974 Jaipur to Mathura were cancelled, an NWR spokesperson said here.

While train-12035 Jaipur to Agra fort would terminate at Bandikui whereas train-51792 Bhiwani-Mathura would terminate at Alwa, he said.

Meanwhile, routes of train-19666 Udaipur-Khajurau and 12403 Allahabad-Jaipur were diverted, the spokesperson said.

On Thursday, a goods train was stopped by the agitators near Deeg in Bharatpur.

Rail and road network remained affected in Bharatpur and neighbouring areas in Rajasthan due to stir by Jat community members demanding grant of OBC reservation benefits to the community in Dholpur and Bharatpur. PTI