PATNA: Movement of special passenger trains was partially affected at different places in the state on Tuesday due to the farmer-sponsored Bharat bandh to protest farm laws enacted by the Centre recently. There was, however, no report of damage caused to railway property anywhere in the state.
East Central Railway (ECR) chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar said bandh supporters stopped Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi Express at Biharsharif for about 15 minutes. Several bandh supporters squatted on rail tracks with banners and flags. They, however, freed rail tracks after security personnel intervened.
The bandh supporters stopped Danapur-Tata Nagar special train at Jhajha for about 20 minutes. Train movement between Patna and Parsa Bazar on the Patna-Gaya section of the Danapur division was also paralysed for about half an hour, the CPRO said, adding some bandh supporters sat on tracks for a while in Jehanabad as well.
At Dheena station near Buxar, at least five special passenger trains were detained by the bandh supporters for about two hours. The affected special passenger trains included Patna-Indore special and Danapur-Lokmanya Tilak special. These trains resumed their onward journey after the tracks were cleared by the railway security personnel. The bandh supporters also stopped Dhanbad-Patna special on the PG section of the Danapur division of ECR for a while, the CPRO said.
In Samastipur division of ECR, the bandh supporters stopped Sealdah-Jayanagar special (03185), Jayanagar-Manihari special (05284) and Darbhanga-Secunderabad special (07008) at Laheriasarai for about half an hour.
The Darbhanga-New Delhi Sampark Kranti Express (02565) was detained for about 35 minutes at Darbhanga and Saharsa-Saraigarh DEMU special (05516) at Supaul for about half an hour.