Railways has made preparations to run around3000 special trains during the the Mahakumbh at Prayagraj starting from coming mid-January . The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed about this to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through a letter, officials here on Friday said .
Office goers and workers might have to tweak their usual routine for the next two days.
Aiming to enhance passenger amenities in key areas such as Rampurhat, Azimganj, Malda Town and Jamalpur, the Eastern Railway has decided to augment air-conditioned and sleeper class coaches with five popular mail/express trains.
Movement of trains remained disrupted for the third day on Tuesday due to heavy rain and floods in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway conducted routine checks and operations in the designated area from 17th May to 31st May, 2024 and they apprehended 32 persons who were allegedly engaged in human trafficking and theft of railway passengers’ belongings.
According to the Northern Railways, 71 Delhi bound commuter trains (including return services) and 18 East bound train services scheduled from different northern railway terminals were cancelled.
All trains originating from Secunderabad or passing through the station were cancelled following violent protest by hundreds of youth against the Central government's new army recruitment policy "Agnipath".
The Hyderabad Metro Rail has suspended services on all three routes till further notice in view of violence.
Aspirants agitating against Agnipath, the central government's new recruitment policy for the armed forces, went on a rampage at the BJP's Nawada office and destroyed several properties
MLA Sudama Prasad, who took to the streets in Ara, said that inflation was sky high, which was the effect of the three agricultural laws. He said that there would be food insecurity if farming went into the hands of industrialists.
