{"id":27053,"date":"2023-09-30T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T12:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/?p=27053"},"modified":"2023-09-30T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T12:59:53","slug":"punjab-farmers-rail-roko-protest-enters-third-day-598-trains-movement-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/?p=27053","title":{"rendered":"Punjab farmers\u2019 rail-roko protest enters third day, 598 trains movement hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3rd day of farmers rail-roko<\/span> protest, 598 trains affected in Ferozepur<\/span> rail division<\/p>\n

Punjab farmers\u2019 rail-roko<\/span> protest enters third day, 598 trains movement hit<\/p>\n

HARISH<\/span> MONGA<\/span><\/p>\n

Ferozepur<\/span>, September 30, 2023:\u00a0 On the third day of farmers rail-roko<\/span> protest in Punjab demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods and a legal guarantee on MSP and a sweeping debt waiver, as many as 598 trains were affected, putting lot of inconvenience to the passengers of Punjab and Haryana<\/span> especially who had booked the tickets in advance as per their convenience of personal or official programmes<\/span> and movement of goods.\u00a0 The agitation has hit the movement of trains, with many being cancelled<\/span>, short-terminated or diverted.<\/p>\n

The three-day protest is scheduled to end on Saturday, the agitating farmers have said.\u00a0\u00a0Their demands include a financial package for the flood-affected people in north India, a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for all crops and a debt waiver for farmers.\u00a0\u00a0The farmers want a \u20b950,000-crore flood relief package for north Indian States and MSP according to the recommendations of the Swaminathan<\/span> Commission report.\u00a0They are also demanding a waiver of the entire debt of farmers and labourers<\/span>, and \u20b910 lakh and a government job as compensation to the kin of each farmer who died during the agitation against the now-repealed three farm laws.<\/p>\n

Divulging with details, DRM Sanjay Sahu<\/span> said, some farmers organisations<\/span> had announced the rail-roko<\/span> programme<\/span> for three days in the state.\u00a0 In Ferozepur<\/span> rail division, the train stop movement was at 13 places \u2013 Manawala-Jandiala<\/span> stations level crossing Gate C-5, Jalandhar<\/span> Cantt<\/span> Yard, Ferozepur<\/span> Cantt<\/span> Yard, Golewala<\/span> Yard, Fazilka<\/span>, Mallanwala<\/span> Khas<\/span>, Talwandi<\/span> yard at level crossing S-42, Gurdaspur<\/span> Yard, Hoshiarpur<\/span> Yard, Tarn Taran<\/span> Yard and Majitha<\/span> Yard.<\/p>\n

DRM said, keeping in mind the safety and convenience of the railway passengers, the railway administration decided that the affected passenger trains should be completely canceled or partially canceled and some trains should be diverted and operated as possible. Freight trains are being operated as per the situation. In all, 376 trains have been cancelled<\/span>, 89 short terminated, 46 short originated, and 70 routes changed.<\/p>\n

He further said, the total number of passenger trains affected by the rail stop movement is 581 and the number of freight trains is 17. Helpdesks<\/span> have been installed at the stations so that the passengers do not have to face any inconvenience. Additional ticket counters have been arranged at stations to collect refunds due to ticket cancellations<\/span>. Adequate availability of food at the stations is being ensured so that the passengers can get the facility of food.<\/p>\n

According to the requirement, other transport arrangements are also made by the railway administration for the convenience of the passengers. So far 10788 passengers have received a refund of Rs 52.36 lakh from ticket cancellation<\/span> at various stations of Ferozepur<\/span> division, he added.<\/p>\n

The total number of passenger trains affected by the rail stop movement is 581 and the number of freight trains is 17. Helpdesks<\/span> have been installed at the stations so that the passengers do not have to face any inconvenience. Additional ticket counters have been arranged at stations to collect refunds due to ticket cancellations<\/span>. Adequate availability of food at the stations is being ensured so that the passengers can get the facility of food. According to the requirement, other transport arrangements are also made by the railway administration for the convenience of the passengers. So far 10788 passengers have received a refund of Rs 52.36 lakh from ticket cancellation<\/span> at various stations of Ferozepur<\/span> division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3rd day of farmers rail-roko protest, 598 trains affected in Ferozepur rail division Punjab farmers\u2019 rail-roko protest enters third day, 598 trains movement hit HARISH MONGA Ferozepur, September 30, 2023:\u00a0 On the third day of farmers rail-roko protest in Punjab demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods and a legal guarantee on MSP …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ferozepuronline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}