Farmers stir: 69 trains cancelled in 2 days on Jalandhar section

Ferozepur, August 21

As many as 126 trains were affected as farmers blocked the railway track near Dhannowal village in the Jalandhar-Chaheru section of this division for the second consecutive day. Ferozepur Division DRM Seema Sharma said in the past two days 69 trains had been cancelled, 18 diverted, 36 short-terminated and three short-originated.

She said due to the protest, 14 mail trains were cancelled. These included Intercity Amritsar-Chandigarh, Golden Temple Amritsar-Mumbai Express, Amritsar to Dehradun Bias-Rudrapur Express, Jammu Tawi-Pune Jehlam Special, Shri Vaishno Devi Delhi Shri Shakti Special, Hoshiarpur Delhi Express, New Delhi- Shri Vaishno Devi Super Special, New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhani Special, Durranto-Jammu Tawi Durranto Express, Jammu Tawi-Barmar Special and Jammu Tawi- Guwahati Amarnath Express.

Other trains that were cancelled are Jalandhar Cantt-Hoshiarpur Express, Jammu-Tawi Nanded Express, Amritsar-Dehradun Sepcial, Shri Vaishno Devi Katra to Kalka, New Delhi Amritsar Shatabadi Special, Haridwar-Amritsar Janshatabadi Special, New Delhi-Hoshiarpur Special, Dehradun Amritsar Special, Rishikesh- Shri Vaishno Devi Hemkunt Special, New Delhi-Shri Vaishno Devi Shri Shakti Special, New Delhi-Shri Vaishno Devi Jammu Mail Express, New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Rajdhan Express, New Delhi-Shri Vaishno Devi Super Special, Sarairohila-Udhampur Mail Express and Ajmer—Jammu Tawi Festival. — OC