JAIPUR: Twenty trains were cancelled on Monday in North Western Railway (NWR) division while 23 were partially cancelled due to the ‘Rail Roko’ agitation by farmers. All these trains were those going towards Haryana, Punjab and the states where the farmers have occupied the railway tracks.
Approximately 10,000 passengers were affected. The cancellation is likely to go up till the time the farmers stay on the tracks due to the stir.
The rail traffic was affected on Bhiwani-Rewari, Sirsa-Rewari, Loharu-Hisar, Suratgarh-Bathinda, Sirsa-Bathinda, Hanumangarh-Bathinda, Rohtak-Bhiwani, Rewari-Sadulpur, Hisar-Bathinda, Hanumangarh-Sadulpur and Sri Ganganagar-Rewari routes. The agitation was staged by farmers’ unions to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
