Commuters Block Tracks In Bengal, Seek Permission To Board Special Trains

Kolkata:

A piece of commuters blocked railway tracks at a number of stations in West Bengal for about three hours on Thursday, demanding they be allowed to board workers particular trains, amid the present COVID-19 restrictions, police mentioned.

Demonstrations have been held at Mallickpur, Baruipur, Sonarpur, Ghutiari Sharif and Diamond Harbour stations within the Sealdah South Division of the Jap Railway.

Commuters assembled at these stations, alleging that they’ve been dealing with hardships to succeed in their locations of labor with no availability of public transport, a senior police officer mentioned.

They began agitating on the stations after they weren’t allowed to board workers particular trains with out legitimate doc by the Railway Safety Pressure personnel, he mentioned.

The agitators additionally threw stones at a car of GRP at Mallickpur station within the Sealdah-Baruipur part, whereas tons of of protesters refused to vacate the railway tracks at Ghutiari Sharif within the Sealdah-Canning phase, disrupting the motion of workers particular trains there, the officer mentioned.

Following the requests of the Authorities Railway Police personnel, the blockade was lifted after about three hours within the morning, he mentioned.

The motion of native trains has been stopped because the imposition of COVID restrictions in Could to include the unfold of the illness.

Solely workers particular trains are operating for folks concerned in important providers.

“We now have urged the state authorities to permit us to run extra trains with COVID-19 protocols and are prepared for it,” a spokesman of the Jap Railway mentioned.

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