Railways cancel 14 pair of special passenger trains due to 'rail roko' agitation by farmers
Ferozepur, September 23, 2020: The Railway authorities have decided to cancel all 14 pairs of trains due to rail rook agitation by the farmer’s outfits from September 24 from 6 AM to September 26.
Divisional Rail Manager, Ferozepur Division, Rajesh Aggarwal informed that Punjab farmers have announced rail roko programme between September 24 to September 26.
The farmers outfits had been protesting for the last 17 days against the passing of 3 farm ordinances and Power Amendment Bill 2020 and announced the rail roko programme from September 24, under the banner of Kisan Sangharsh Committee, Punjab.
In this context a meeting was held today in the office of DRM Ferozepur in which Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur Gurpal Singh Chahal, SSP Bhupinder Singh, Additonal Divisional Railway Manager, Sukhwinder Singh, Sr. Divisional Security Commissioner, Ashish Kumar and others were present.
Keeping in view the safety of trains and passengers, it was decided in the meeting that all the special passenger trains running from Ferozepur Division, being operated with 14 pairs of special passenger trains for tomorrow, be cancelled.
CANCELLED TRAINS:
1.02903/02904 Amritsar Mumbai Central
2 02357/02358 Amritsar Kolkata
3 02407/02408 Amritsar New Jalpaiguri
4 02925/02926 Amritsar Bandra Terminus
5 02715/02716 Amritsar Hazur Sahib Nanded
6 02053/02054 Amritsar Haridwar
7 04673/04674 Amritsar Jayanagar
8 04649/04650 Amritsar Jayanagar
9 02425/02426 Jammu and Kashmir New Delhi
10 05933/05934 Amritsar Dibrugarh
11 03307/03308 Ferozepur Cantt Dhanbad
12 04653/04654 Amritsar New Jalpaiguri
13 04651/04652 Amritsar Jayanagar
14 09025/09026 Amritsar Bandra Terminus