Punjab bandh: The Railways cancelled 150 trains on Monday because of a Punjab bandh referred to as by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political). The bandh was introduced final week by each teams, which have been protesting at Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana since February 13. Their march to Delhi was stopped by safety forces.
Vande Bharat Specific amongst cancelled trains
The protesting farmers will block rail tracks from 7 am to 4 pm at a number of places, thus disrupting the motion of passenger and items trains. In view of this, the Northern Railways has cancelled 150 trains, together with three Vande Bharat Specific — two between New Delhi and Vaishno Devi and one other between New Delhi and Amb Andaura.
Distinguished trains cancelled
The opposite trains which have been cancelled embody three Shatabdi Specific from New Delhi to Kalka, Amritsar, Chandigarh and a number of other different high-end trains working in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The railways additionally introduced to partially cancel seven trains, regulate 14 others, reschedule 13, short-originate 15 and short-terminate 22 trains. Ambala police have suggested commuters travelling between Delhi and Chandigarh to take different routes by way of Panchkula, Barwala, Mullana, Yamunanagar, Radaur, Ladwa and NH-44 at Pipli.
Why has bandh been referred to as?
Kisan Mazdoor Sanghrash Committee’s chief Sarvan Singh Pandher confirmed that the bandh is a part of their ongoing protest and is aimed toward elevating their calls for. This bandh will drive the Centre to just accept the calls for of farmers, the farmer chief mentioned as he slammed the union authorities for failing to just accept the calls for of farmers, he added. The choice to present a name for a ‘Punjab bandh’ was taken final week by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.
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