Agnipath protests: Passengers stranded as trains cancelled; airfares soar
As the Railways have been cancelling over 450 trains on an average per day over the last three days due to protests against the Agnipath scheme, hundreds of passengers were left in the lurch with many unable to avail flights due to high fares.
The Railways on Monday said it has cancelled 587 trains due to the agitations. It had cancelled 483 trains on Sunday and 369 trains a day earlier due to the agitations where protesters set some coaches of trains on fire.
The worst affected zone remained the Eastern Central Railway which is headquartered at Bihar’s Hajipur and comprises Sonpur, Samastipur, Danapur, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, and Dhanbad divisions.
