The Indian Railways suffered a loss of ₹259.44 crore due to damage and destruction of its assets during agitations against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme, Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament on Friday.
In a written reply in the Upper House, Vaishnaw said all the affected train services cancelled on account of Agnipath scheme have been restored.
Several parts of the country saw mass protests against the recently launched Agnipath Scheme – railway properties were vandalised, torched or attacked from Bihar to Telangana.
