Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 21: The Adivasi Kurmi Samaj’s continue their protest protest blocking railway tracks. Their protest demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and inclusion of the Kurmali language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution started yesterday.
West Bengal | People from the Kurmi tribal community continue their 'Rail Roko' protest over the demand for Scheduled Tribes status, in Purulia.
The stir affected train services in several parts of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/DfzktuEAzE
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2022
People were seen assembling at the Kustaur train station on the South Eastern Railway’s Purulia-Adra railway line as the protest began its second day. This line is now totally closed to train traffic. Some trains have been diverted, and others have been cancelled.
In addition to Purulia, protesters have also halted trains in the Jhargram region, which has impacted hundreds of commuters’ travel plans. Due to the ongoing protest, a number of trains on the SER route connecting South India and Eastern India have been cancelled.
List of cancelled trains:
03595/03596 Bokaro Steel City – Asansol – Bokaro Steel City MEMU Passenger Special
18116/18115 Chakradharpur- Gomoh- Chakradharpur MEMU Express
18183/18184 Tatanagar- Danapur- Tatanagar Express
08174 Tatanagar- Asansol MEMU Passenger Special
13301/13302 Dhanbad – Tatanagar- Dhanbad Express
08697 Jhargram- Purulia MEMU Special
18019 Jhargram- Dhanbad MEMU Express
12021 Howrah – Barbil Janshatabdi Express
12871 Howrah – Titlagarh Express
08162/ 08160 Chakradharpur- Tatanagar- Kharagpur Passenger Special
18116 Chakradharpur – Gomoh Express
08060 Tatanagar- Kharagpur Passenger Special
08049 Kharagpur- Jhargram MEMU Special
08015 Kharagpur- Jhargram MEMU Special
08055 Kharagpur- Tatanagar MEMU Special
18019 Jhargram – Dhanbad Express
08641/08642 Adra – Barkakana- Adra MEMU Passenger
03598/03597 Asansol – Ranchi – Asansol MEMU Passenger Special
