Chandigarh/New Delhi, September 24,2020: Farmers squatted on the tracks in Punjab on Thursday, beginning a three-day “rail roko” agitation against the farm Bills as the Railways suspended several trains to avoid any untoward incident.
Twenty trains have been partially cancelled and five short terminated till September 26 as protesters blocked rail tracks at various places, including Amritsar, Ferozepur, Sangrur, Barnala, Mansa and Nabha.
The call for the “rail roko” agitation was given by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and later different farmers’ outfits extended their support to it.
Farm Bills: 3-day ‘rail roko’ agitation in Punjab
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