Trains cancelled as farm activists stage 'rail roko' in Punjab

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 20

The “rail roko” agitation in Amritsar by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) has affected the movement of trains plying over the City Beautiful and the holy city, resulting in the cancellation of the Sachkhand Express, Paschim Express, Chandigarh-Amritsar Express and SAS Nagar- Ferozepur Cantt Express.

Farmers and farm activists are agitating at Devidaspura in Amritsar over various demands such as farm loan waiver and compensation or jobs for relatives of farmers who died during the agitation against the farm laws that have now been repealed.

Sources said the Sachkhand Express (train number 12715 and 12716) had been cancelled between Chandigarh and Amritsar. The Paschim Express (train number 12925 and 12926) will short-terminate in Chandigarh. “Many trains have been affected due to the agitation. The Chandigarh- Amritsar Express (train number 12241) has also been cancelled and the SAS Nagar-Ferozepur Cantt Express (train number 14613) has been cancelled between Mohali and Amritsar,” the sources said.