Villagers block rail track for train stop at Mustafabad

Yamunanagar, January 14

Residents of several villages blocked the Ambala-Saharanpur railway track in Uncha Chandna village of Yamunanagar today, demanding stoppage of passenger trains at Mustafabad (Saraswati Nagar) railway station.

After holding a mahapanchayat, the track was reportedly blocked from noon to 3 pm. Residents of several villages assembled at Mustafabad railway station in the morning and held a mahapanchayat. Mustafabad town (now Saraswati Nagar) is about 3 km from the railway lines.

The protesters told the railway employees posted at Mustafabad railway station to call the senior officials, who told them that they have left from Ambala. They waited till 12 noon and when no senior railway officer reached the protest site, the villagers decided to block the railway track.

“Before the first Covid lockdown in 2020, three passenger trains each from Saharanpur and Ambala used to stop at Mustafabad. But now, none is stopping at this station,” said Sanju Gundiana, district president of Bhartiya Kisan Union. —