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 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.
Congress party on thursday condemned the arrest of Punjab Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira and said that any such act is an abuse of power and that Congress firmly and unitedly stands against it.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the campaign has been unveiled in the Delhi Metro, with a vibrant display on both the exterior and interior of selected metro trains on the Yellow and Blue lines.
Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off nine new Vande Bharat trains adding that it is a safe, high-speed, and hygienic trains.
Union Minister L Murugan on Sunday termed the launching of Vande Bharat Trains in the Tirunelveli to Chennai and the Vijayawada to Chennai routes as a historic occasion, especially for Southern Tamil Nadu.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said that passengers are not in favour of using Vande Bharat express trains due to the high fares of the tickets adding that passenger trains are shutting down on constant basis.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the railway sector has transformed under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last nine years.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for flagging off nine new Vande Bharat trains, including one from Bihar's Patna, the former's parliamentary constituency.