Train services hit as Kurmis demands ST status
Train services on the South Eastern Railways were affected as the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj continued their protest blocking railway tracks. Their protest demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and inclusion of the Kurmali language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution started on Tuesday.
On Wednesday too several trains were cancelled. Some of the trains which were cancelled included 03595/03596 Bokaro Steel City – Asansol – Bokaro Steel City MEMU Passenger Special, 18116/18115 Chakradharpur- Gomoh- Chakradharpur MEMU Express, 18183/18184 Tatanagar- Danapur- Tatanagar Express, 08174 Tatanagar- Asansol MEMU Passenger Special, 13301/13302 Dhanbad – Tatanagar- Dhanbad Express, 08697 Jhargram- Purulia MEMU Special, 18019 Jhargram- Dhanbad MEMU Express, 12021 Howrah – Barbil Janshatabdi Express, 12871 Howrah – Titlagarh Express, 08162/ 08160 Chakradharpur- Tatanagar-
