The Kurmi community in Hazaribagh district on Saturday launched a high-voltage "Rail Roko" protest at Charhi railway station, bringing rail operations to a complete standstill from 8 AM onwards.
The demonstration was held in response to the action taken against farm leaders in Punjab, who were protesting against the government while pressing various demands, including a legal guarantee for a Minimum Support Price (MSP) on all crops.
Farmers held a march to the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border amid ongoing protests over their demands.
Leader Sarwan Singh Pandher accuses the government of using excessive force against protesters, leaving 17 farmers injured. A tractor march and 'Rail Roko' protest are planned in the coming da
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Monday claimed that the nationwide 'Rail Roko' protest by the farmer unions to press for a host of demands was 'successful'.
Seeking to intensify their ongoing protest over a raft of demands, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Sunday said the farmers' unions will stage 'Rail Roko' protest across the country on Sunday.
After halting the trains in their protest, Farmers have now blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway too. Farmers have staged a protest on the highway going from Chandigarh to Ambala in Mohali.
Several trains on the Ambala-Shri Ganganagar route were cancelled on Thursday due to the 'Rail roko' protest by farmers of Punjab, demanding financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, and a Minimum Support Price (MSP) guarantee.
As the three-day-long rail blockade protest began on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Krantikari chairman Surjeet Singh said that the protesting farmers also want the Centre to double the number of work days, guaranteed by the government under MGNREGA scheme.
As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division, have been affected as members of various farmers' bodies squatted on train tracks here on Thursday as part of the three-day 'Rail-Roko' agitation.
Raising the demand for financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, farmers, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab's Amritsar have organised a three-day 'rail blockade' all over Punjab on Thursday.