Farmers’ protest: Ambala division cancels 13 trains

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 20

The Ambala division of Northern Railways cancelled 13 trains because of farmers’ protest, states a notification issued by the division today.

At the city railway station, Chandigarh-Amritsar inter-city special trains (numbers 04561 and 04562) will remain cancelled on Friday and Saturday.

Many passengers from the Punjab region are now heading to Chandigarh to reach various parts of the country due to Rakhi. Sakshi Bajaj, a resident of Ludhiana, said: “I had to leave for Delhi to celebrate Rakhi with my brother, but now, because the train I had booked from Ludhiana is cancelled, I had to book another one from Chandigarh to Delhi.”