Farmers squat on tracks at 54 areas in Punjab, Haryana, 4 trains cancelled, 14 quick terminated

The Bharat Bandh name by farmer unions on Friday hit rail operations in Punjab and Haryana as protesters squatted on tracks at 54 locations in each states, stated Railway authorities.
While the Northern Railways had not made any prior bulletins about cancellation or quick termination of trains, at the very least 4 trains have been cancelled, 14 quick terminated, info launched by Ferozepur and Ambala divisions stated.
In addition to this, 5 trains remained parked at railway stations – Phagwara, Mukerian, Pathankot cantonment, Kathua and Begampura which have been despatched ahead after 6 pm when farmers cleared the tracks. Also, 11 trains of Ferozepur railway division needed to be rescheduled.

“Barring some limited number of trains in Punjab and Haryana, the bandh has had almost zero impact across the nation. Other than in these two states, around five to six trains were delayed for some time. Less than 0.5 per cent of trains impacted nationally. Trains are running smoothly,” stated Railway spokesperson D J Narain.
About the scenario within the night, the Northern Railway spokesperson stated that “now things have normalised”
Out of the 54 areas the place rail tracks have been blocked, 24 locations fell underneath the Ferozepur division in Punjab and 30 in Ambala division in Haryana.
The show board at Ludhiana Railway Station on Friday. (Express Photo: Gurmeet Singh)
The trains which have been cancelled included: Amritsar Shtabadi, which falls underneath Ferozepur division, whereas the opposite 3 trains which have been known as have been particular specific trains – Delhi-Ambala, Ambala to Delhi and Ambala to Sangrur.
In addition to this 11 trains which have been rescheduled have been all in Ferozepur railway division out of which 8 had  level of origin from Amritsar, one every have been to originate from Ferozepur and Fazilka and one other prepare was Vande Bharat that was to originate from Katra.
All of them have been rescheduled after the tracks have been cleared, instructed the workplace of divisional railway supervisor (DRM), Ferozepur. Jan Shtabadi, Paschim Express have been different trains which have been rescheduled.
Meanwhile, Nanded Express which began at 5.35 am from Amritsar railway station remained parked at Phagwara railway station from 7 am onwards and was began once more for its vacation spot after 6 pm. Similar was the case with Swaraj Express, which was stopped at Mukerian railway station. Three extra trains have been stopped halfway at Kathua, Begampura and Pathankot cantonment to be run after the tracks have been cleared. On February 19 as properly, a rail roko had taken place and farmers protesting at few stations had even served langar to passengers who have been sitting within the trains which have been stopped halfway.
“Similar thing was done even on Friday in Punjab as we always serve langar even to the cops who are keeping an eye on us always, so why will we leave passengers. In addition to this even on KMP expressway, many truckers had come to cross the protest point, but we did not allow them to move ahead as per the bandh call. However, we served them food, water and even provided them cots to take rest. Similar was the case with families as well who got stuck because of misinformation that road traffic will remain as normal while shops will be closed,” stated Ravneet Singh Brar, spokesperson of BKU (Kadian) whereas speaking with The Indian Express.

“We had plans to serve langar to passengers if any train was halted at Barnala railway station, but it was short terminated at Tapa due to which passengers boarded other vehicles to move ahead. They were, however, served tea,” stated Narain Dutt from Inqlabi Manch from Barnala.
The Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) had known as for the bandh from 6 am to six pm to mark 4 months of the farmers’ agitation at Delhi’s three borders — Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri.
(WITH INPUTS FROM PTI)