Hundreds of passengers on Monday blocked railway tracks at four stations in Hooghly district for over three hours to protest against irregular local train services in the Howrah-Burdwan section of Eastern Railway during office hours.
Multiple local trains were delayed following the blockade at Pandua, Khanyan, Talandu, and Mogra, starting from 7.30am and ending at around 11am.
Passengers said railway authorities had cancelled and short-terminated many local trains on the pretext of maintenance work in the Howrah-Burdwan section in the past few days. As a result, passengers who have to go to their workplaces in Calcutta are facing major harassment commuting.
