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FEROZEPUR, Sep 28: Movement of at least 91 trains was affected in Punjab on Thursday as farmers in large numbers squatted on railway tracks beginning their three-day 'Rail Roko' agitation. Farmers mounted their protest demanding a financial package for losses caused by the recent floods, a legal guarantee to MSP, and a sweeping debt waiver.
The stir is underway at 17 places in Punjab, including in Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda, and Amritsar.
Farmers' stir in Punjab enters second day, train movement hitPunjab: Farmers disrupt train services in 'rail roko' protest over MSP, flood compensation
Farmers squatted on railway tracks and blocked the Chandigarh-Ambala-Delhi national highway in Punjab on Friday, demanding compensation for crop damage in the recent floods, a legal guarantee on MSP and a sweeping debt waiver. Farmers taking part in the three-day 'rail roko' squatted on the
Farmers in Punjab launched a three-day 'rail roko' agitation, affecting the movement of 91 trains. They are demanding a financial package for flood losses, a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), and a debt waiver. The protests are being carried out at various locations in Punjab, including Amritsar and Ferozepur.