Chandigarh/Hoshiarpur, September 29 (Press ki Taquat)
Train services were disrupted in Punjab for the second day on Friday as farmers in large numbers squatted on tracks as part of their ‘rail roko’ agitation to demand a financial package for losses incurred in recent floods, a legal guarantee to MSP, and a sweeping debt waiver.
According to railway officials, while some trains were cancelled, routes of several trains have been diverted. Some trains are being short-terminated due to the three-day stir.
Protesters have said they will carry out their agitation against the Centre till September 30.
The stir is under way at 17 places in Punjab, including in Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda and Amritsar.
In Amritsar, farmers squatted on the Amritsar-Delhi railway track in Devidas Pura, while in Hoshiarpur, members of the Azad Kisan Committee, Doaba, sat on dharna at the local railway station.
State president of the Azad Kisan Committee, Doaba, Harpal Singh Sangha, said their agitation would continue till September 30.
If the demands are not met by that time, the next course of action would be decided, he said.
