Farmers’ stir : Passengers stranded at Jammu, Katra stations as 7 trains cancelled, 13 diverted

Farmers’ stir : Passengers stranded at Jammu, Katra stations as 7 trains cancelled, 13 diverted

Jammu, Sep 29 : On Friday, several passengers—many of them pilgrims—were left stranded at the Jammu and Katra railway stations as result of the cancellation and diversion of seven trains as result of “rail roko” agitation by farmers in various areas of Punjab. On Thursday, members of multiple farmer organisations began three-day agitation to further their objectives, which include compensation package for losses brought on by recent flooding, legal guarantee to the minimum support price (MSP), and debt forgiveness programme. Farmers camped out on train tracks in number of locations, including Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda, and Amritsar, as part of the protest.

Farmers' stir : Passengers stranded at Jammu, Katra stations as 7 trains cancelled, 13 diverted
Farmers’ stir : Passengers stranded at Jammu, Katra stations as 7 trains cancelled, 13 diverted

 

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