Passengers’ association to intensify stir against Railways

KOCHI: Accusing the Railways of meting out ‘step-motherly’ treatment to Kerala, a passengers’ association has decided to intensify its ongoing agitation for the restoration of services and facilities that were curbed during the pandemic waves. Friends on Rails launched demonstrations at railway stations across Kerala on April 25, highlighting the woes of commuters who had been hit by the suspension of services.

Though the Railways reinstated the number of general coaches in some of the express trains after much hue and cry, the association said it was in no mood to relent as passenger train services were yet to be fully restored. Association members said they would be holding dharnas in front of the divisional railway manager’s offices in Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram this week.