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Trains were set afire and blocked, and public vehicles attacked as protests over ‘Agnipath’ swept across several places in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana on Thursday amid partisan political voices in favour and against the new recruitment scheme for the defence forces that has set off a firestorm.
Indian Railways’ East Central Railway(ECR) zone has cancelled several trains and issued helpline for the travellers. Railway property was vandalised and protesters set fire to stationary carriages at Bhabhua and Chhapra stations and smashed window panes of coaches at many places.
Over 300 trains have been affected and more than 200 cancelled so far due to protests against the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defence services, the Railways said on Friday.
It said that 94 mail and express trains and 140 passenger trains have been cancelled due to the protests, while 65 mail and express and 30 passenger trains were partially cancelled.
The Railways has also diverted 11 mail and express trains. The total number of trains affected so far stands at 340, officials said
The worst-hit East Central Railways — which covers Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Uttar Pradesh, the states which have witnessed widespread protests — has also decided to “monitor” the operations of eight trains due to the agitations.
The officials said they are keeping an eye on the movement of these trains and will take decision on their operation as the situation evolves.
These trains include: 12303 Howrah – New Delhi Poorva Express, 12353 Howrah – Lalkuan Express , 18622 Ranchi – Patna Patliputra Express, 18182 Danapur – Tata Express, 22387 Howrah – Dhanbad Black Diamond Express, 13512 Asansol – Tata Express, 13032 Jaynagar – Howrah Express and the 13409 Malda Town – Kiul Express.
Two ECR trains that have been cancelled are — 12335 Malda Town – Lokmanya Tilak (T) Express and the 12273 Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express.
Details about other cancelled trains were not immediately available.
Several trains run by the North Frontier Railways also pass through the ECR jurisdiction and three of them are also hit, the railways said.
Cancellation of train:
13206 PPTA-SHC J.C.O 17.06.2022
05501 (BJU-SPJ) J.C.O 17.06.2022 03451 (TIL-JMB) J.C.O 17.06.2022
05263 (KIR-SPJ) J.C.O 17.06.2022
05253 (MFP-PPTA) J.C.O 17.06.2022 03298 PNBE-BSB MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
13209 PNBE- DDU MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 03277 DNR-RPR MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 03278 RPR-DNR MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
03203 PNBE- DDU MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
03222 ARA-PNBE MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 03204 DDU-PNBE MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 03273 JAJ-PNBE MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
13208 PNBE-JSME MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 13207 JSME-PNBE MEMU JCO 17/06/2022 03274 PNBE JAJ MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
13210 DDU-PNBE MEMU JCO 17/06/2022
13332 PNBE-DHN EXP JCO 17/06/2022 13228 RJPB-SHC EXP JCO 17/06/2022
13331 DHN-PNBE EXP JCO 17/06/2022 B) S/Termination
03284 (PNBE-BJU) J.C.O 17.06.2022 WILL SHORT TERMINATE AT HJP 03316 (SPJ-KIR) J.C.O 17.06.2022 at BJU
05520 (SEE-VSHI) J.C.O 17.06.2022 at HJP 03367 (KIR-SEE) J.C.O 17.06.2022 at THB 15713 (KIR-PNBE) J.C.O 17.06.2022 at NNA
05250 (BJU – KIR) J.C.O 17.06.2022 at KGG
13305( DHN-DOS) JCO 17.06.2022 IS SHORT TERMINATED AT KQR 13553 (ASN-BSB) JCO 17.06.2022 SHORT TERMINATED AT GMO 03359 (BRKA-BSB) JCO 17.06.2022 SHORT TERMINATED AT BRWD
03341 (BRKA DOS) JCO 17.06.2022 SHORT TERMINATED AT RAY
S/Originate 03283 (BJU-PNBE) J.C.O 17.06.2022 SHORT ORGINATE FROM HJP
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