At least 20 trains were cancelled, two had to be short terminated while some others, such as New Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi and Una-New Delhi Vande Bharat, were delayed by several hours, as farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha ( SKM) squatted on train tracks at 34 different locations in Punjab to press for rollback of value cut on MSP of damaged wheat grain annouinced by Centre. The farmers are also demanding a higher compensation per acre for crop damage.
The rail roko protest was organised from noon till 4 pm by 33 farmer unions.
