483 train services cancelled Sunday due to protests against Agnipath scheme
As many as 483 train services were cancelled on Sunday due to protests in different parts of the country against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for short-term recruitment in the armed forces.
According to officials, the railways cancelled 229 mail/express trains and 254 passenger trains due to the agitations. Additionally, eight mail/express trains were partially cancelled.
The railways’ East Central Zone, which bore the brunt of the attacks by protesters, cancelled 29 trains connecting Kolkata and other places in West Bengal with the country’s northern region, including the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, on Sunday.
