Farmers protest: Protesters block railway observe at Rajpura in Patiala

PATIALA: Protesting farmers from Rajpura in Punjab’s Patiala are sitting on rail tracks and blocking trains at Rajpura Railway Station because the farmer’s protest enters its third day on Thursday, which has escalated right into a full-blown disaster forward of the Lok Sabha elections.

In the meantime, because of the ongoing farmers’ protest, rail visitors on the Ambala division of the Northern Railway has been affected, an official stated.

In accordance with Captain Shashi Kiran, the Chief Public Relations Officer of North Western Railway, the next rail providers might be impacted because of the farmers’ protest:

Cancelled Rail Providers (from the originating station):

Prepare quantity 04753, Bathinda-Shri Ganganagar service, might be cancelled on February 15.Prepare quantity 04756, Shri Ganganagar-Bathinda service, might be cancelled on February 15.

Partially Cancelled Rail Providers (from the originating station):

Prepare quantity 14736, Ambala-Shri Ganganagar service, which was speculated to depart from Ambala on February 15, will solely run as much as Bathinda, that means it will likely be cancelled between Bathinda and Shri Ganganagar.

Prepare quantity 14735, Shri Ganganagar-Ambala service, will depart from Bathinda on February 15, that means it will likely be cancelled between Shri Ganganagar and Bathinda.

Route Altered Rail Service: Prepare quantity 19612, Amritsar-Ajmer Specific, might be operated by way of a modified route by way of Tarn Taran Jn.-Beas on February 15, 2024.

In the meantime, the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march of the farmers from Punjab towards the central authorities entered its third day on Thursday.

A gathering of the farmer unions and the central authorities is scheduled for Thursday at 5 pm to debate the problems.

The farmers have put forth 12 calls for earlier than the central authorities for which they’re marching to Delhi. The protest this time has been known as by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, led by farmer union leaders Jagjeet Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher.

In accordance with the protesting farmers, the Heart promised them higher crop costs, after which they ended the 2021 protest. They’re demanding to enact a legislation guaranteeing a minimal assist value (MSP) for all crops, according to the Swaminathan Fee report.

They’re additionally demanding an entire debt waiver and a scheme to offer pensions to farmers and farm labourers.