New Delhi:
Indian railways services on Monday were affected and few trains were partially-terminated as protestors laid down on the tracks against the Supreme Court’s order on the SC/ST Act.
The protestors clogged rail and road traffic and resorted to violence in the states of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan, as around 100 train services got affected
The following trains were cancelled on Monday due to excessive violence and protests: 14650 - Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu Yamuna Express, 12013 - New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express, 19717 - Jaipur-Chandigarh Intercity Express, 12016 - Ajmer-New Delhi Shatbdi Express, 13133 - Sealdah-Varanai Express.
"There were some incidents of a gathering of agitators at Firozpur, Hapur, Moradabad, and Ghaziabad yard, but there was no damage to railway property. Stray incidents of stone-pelting were reported from one or two places, but no passenger or railway personnel was hurt," Nitin Chowdhury, Spokesperson of Northern Railways said.
43 trains were affected in the Eastern Central Railways because of the violence and protests in the Dhanbad division. In Bihar, the Patna Junction railway station was flooded by the protestors who forcibly closed down the booking counters and laid on the racks.
18 train services were unsettled around the North Eastern Railway, Northeast Frontier Railways and South Eastern Railway.
The Bharat Bandh was called after the Supreme Court laid new guidelines to protect public servants from immediate arrest after complaint is filed against them under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocitis) Act.
Dalits were demanding the Centre to file a review petition. However, the protests continued as the Centre filed the review petition on Monday.
Here are the list of affected trains:
Cancellation of Trains on 02.04.2018:
14650 Amritsar-Jaynagar Saryu Yamuna Express
12013 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express
19717 Jaipur-Chandigarh Intercity Express.
12016 Ajmer-New Delhi Shatbdi Express.
13133 Sealdah-Varanai Express.
Cancellation of Trains on 03.04.2018:
12014 Amritsar - New Delhi Shatabdi Express
12242 Amritsar – Chandigarh Superfast Express
19718 Chandigarh-Jaipur Intercity Express
Cancellation of Trains on 04.04.2018
14673 Jaynagar – Amritsar Shaheed Express
Short Termination/Short Origination of Trains/Partial Cancellation of trains
15211 Darbhanga-Amritsar Jannayak Express Journey Commencing on 31.03.2018 will be short terminated at Ambala.
12715 Nanded -Amritsar Sachkhand Express Journey Commencing on 01.04.2018 will be short terminated at Delhi.
15210 Amritsar - Saharsa JanSewa Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will short originate from Ambala.
15212 Amritsar – Darbhanga Jannayak Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will short originate from Ambala.
12716 Amritsar - Nanded Sachkhand Express Journey Commencing on 03.04.2018 will short originate from Delhi .
The 12411 Chandigarh-Amritsar Superfast Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will be short terminated at Lalkalan in Ambala Division and will remain partially cancelled between Lalkalan- Amritsar.
The 14506 Nangaldam-Amritsar Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will be short terminated at Samrala in Ambala Division and will remain partially cancelled between Samrala- Amritsar.
The 12412 Amritsar -Chandigarh Superfast Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will remain partially cancelled between Amritsar-Chandigarh.
The 14505 Amritsar -Nangaldam Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will remain partially cancelled between Amritsar-Nangaldam.
The 12029/12030 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Swaran Shatabdi Express train Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will short terminate at/short originate from Ludhiana and will remain partially cancelled between Ludhiana-Amritsar-Ludhiana.
The 12497/12498 New Delhi-Amritsar-New Delhi Shan-E-Punjab Express train Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will short terminate at/short originate from Ambala and will remain cancelled between Amritsar-Ambala-Amritsar.
The 22429/22430 Delhi Jn.-Pathankot-Delhi Jn.S.F. Express train will short terminate at/short originate from Ambala and will remain partially cancelled between Ambala-Pathankot-Ambala.
15707 Katihar-Amritsar Express Journey Commencing on 31.03.2018 short terminated at Ambala. Consequently, 15708 Amritsar-Katihar Express Journey Commencing on 03.04.201 will short originate from Ambala. 15707/15708 will remain partially cancelled between Ambala-Amritsar-Ambala.
14712 Sriganganagar-Haridwar Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will be short terminated at Saharanpur .
14711 Haridwar-Sriganganagar Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will short originate from Saharanpur. The 14712/14711 will remain partially cancelled between Saharanpur-Haridwar-Saharanpur.
12470 Jammu Tawi-Kanpur Central Express Journey Commencing on 03.04.2018 will short originate from Saharanpur & will remain partially cancelled between Jammu Tawi-Saharanpur.
12015 New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi Express Journey Commencing on 02.04.2018 will be short terminated at Khairthal.
