Vandals to pay up for damaging Railway property

New Delhi, December 30

Railway property worth Rs 80 crore was damaged during protests across the country against the amended citizenship law and recovery will be made from those found involved in arson and violence, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said on Monday.

“There has been a damage of railway property worth Rs 80 crore during the anti-CAA protests. Of this, the Eastern Railway suffered damage worth Rs 70 crore and the damage suffered by the Northeast Frontier Railway was Rs 10 crore. The damage will be recovered from those found involved in arson. This, however, is a preliminary estimate and the figure could go up,” Yadav said.

In West Bengal, a portion of the ticket counter at the Sankrail railway station was set afire. The Sujnipara station and Harishchandrapur railway station in Malda district were vandalised. Several trains at Krishnapur railway station near Lalgola were set ablaze.

The Railways is expected to recover the losses from those booked in these cases.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had demanded strict action from CM Mamata Banerjee against those who had damaged the railway property. — PTI

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