Farmers’ groups in Punjab began a three-day “rail roko [stop trains]” agitation from Thursday against the central government’s farm bills that were passed in Parliament on September 20, reported Deccan Herald.
In Haryana, the police used water cannons to stop the protestors from going to Delhi. After this, Haryana Youth Congress activists dispersed, but workers from Punjab’s Lok Insaf Party sat on a road on the inter-state border near Ambala, according to Hindustan Times.
In anticipation of the protests, special passenger trains operating from the Ferozepur division were cancelled or services have been partially stopped. The Amritsar-Haridwar train will be cancelled on Friday and Saturday and the New Delhi-Jammu Tawi Express from Thursday to Saturday.
The Sachkhand Express, which runs between Nanded city in Maharashtra and Amritsar and the Shaheed Express running…