Farmers block rail, roads in protest against Centre
On the nationwide call of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), Punjab farmer unions staged rail roko and blocked traffic on highways at over 100 places in the state. Similar protests were organised by farmer unions in neighbouring Haryana and other parts of the country as well. According to information from Ferozepur railway division, as amany as eight trains had to be rescheduled while five had to be cancelled and two had to be short terminated due to the agitation.
Dr Darshan Pal, coordination committee member of SKM said,” thousands took part in today’s protests on rail tracks abd and roads. From August 7- August 14 SKM will be doing conventions at district level across the country against
