Agnipath protest: Nearly 600 trains cancelled today, says Railways

At least 595 trains were cancelled during the day across the country in the wake of the continued protest against the Centre’s new recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, and the day-long Bharat Bandh over the issue.

These include 208 mail express and a total of 379 passenger trains, news agency ANI reported citing the Railways. Furthermore, four mail express and six passenger trains were partially cancelled due to the ongoing stir.

Train services have been one of the worst-hit in several parts of the country over the past few days in the wake of the protest, launched by youth, mostly defence aspirants. Some vandals even torched trains and damaged Railways properties in several places, especially in Bihar, leading to hundreds of arrests.