{"id":77092,"date":"2022-06-17T21:45:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=77092"},"modified":"2022-06-17T21:45:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T16:15:59","slug":"trains-cancelled-due-to-protests-against-agnipath-scheme-in-bihar-and-floods-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=77092","title":{"rendered":"Trains cancelled due to protests against Agnipath scheme in Bihar and floods in Assam\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-77069\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/logo_new-2-1-1-4-1-3-1-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"47\" title=\"\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The North East Frontier Railway (NFR) on Friday cancelled some trains due to protests against the &#8216;Agnipath&#8217; scheme of recruitment to armed forces which damaged railway property, including burning of train coaches in areas falling under East Central Railway (Bihar).<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-77094\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/download-2022-06-17T213811.345.jpg\" alt=\"Trains cancelled due to protests against Agnipath\" width=\"589\" height=\"392\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/download-2022-06-17T213811.345.jpg 275w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/download-2022-06-17T213811.345-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Six coaches of train number 15652 Guwahati\u2013Jammu Tawi Lohit Express were set ablaze by agitators at about 06-10 am today at Mohiuddinnagar station of Bihar, NFR Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Sabyasachi De said here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0There were, however, no casualties or injury to any of the 1169 passengers on board the train, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Helpline numbers manned by railway staff are already functional at\u00a0Guwahati : 03612731621, 03612731622, 03612731623; at New Jalpaiguri: 9434085300; at Kishanganj: 06456226794; and at Katihar: 9608815880.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-77095 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"protests against Agnipath\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-750x391.jpg 750w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2-1140x594.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/agnipath-protest2.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The trains\u00a0Dibrugarh-Lalgarh Express,\u00a0Kamakhya-Anand Vihar Express,\u00a0Alipurduar Jn-Delhi Express and\u00a0Kamakhya\u2013Bhagat Ki Kothi Express of will remain cancelled on Friday while the\u00a0Bhagat Ki Kothi\u2013Kamakhya Express of June 21 will remain cancelled<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Moreover, due to damage\u00a0of railway tracks\u00a0by flood water between Nalbari and Ghograpar station under Rangiya division of NFR, services of several trains have been cancelled and diverted viaKamakhya-Goalpara Town-New Bongaigaon route.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The trains diverted today are Silchar-Trivandrum Express will originate from Guwahati, Kamakhya\u2013Delhi Brahmaputra Mail, Silghat Town-Tambaram Express, Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express, Howrah \u2013 Dibrugarh Kamrup Express, Anand vihar\u2013Kamakhya Northeast Express and Chandigarh\u2013Dibrugarh Express.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The New Bongaigaon-Guwahati passenger on Friday and its corresponding train from Guwahati on Saturday will remain cancelled, De added.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Meanwhile, the Assam government has arranged for special flights between Guwahati and Silchar to facilitate people stranded due to floods and landslides in the state which has disrupted connectivity with Barak Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The special flight, arranged by the Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) in association with Fly Big, will start operating from June 18 at a fixed rate of Rs 4,000 , an official release said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The North East Frontier Railway (NFR) on Friday cancelled some trains due to protests against the &#8216;Agnipath&#8217; scheme of recruitment to armed forces which damaged railway property, including burning of train coaches in areas falling under East Central Railway (Bihar). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Six coaches of train number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"200"},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[2602],"class_list":["post-77092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-trains-cancelled-due-to-protests-against-agnipath"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}