Train movement disrupted in Bengal as locals protest youth s death
Friday - June 22, 2018 3:14 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata June 22 (IANS) Train movement on the busy Howrah-Kharagpur section of South Eastern Railway was disrupted for four hours on Friday as irate locals blocked the tracks at a railway station after a youth was run over by a local train here an official said.
"The locals disrupted the movement of the train for almost four hours at Mecheda station due to which a few local trains and Express trains got stuck " said Chief Public Relations Officer Sanjay Ghosh.
The youth walking with his cycle was knocked down by a local train entering the station as he tried to cross the track.
As news of his death spread hundreds of locals squatted on the tracks demanding a job for a member of the victim s family.
"As the situation is now under control trains will start moving but they will run late. There will be changes in the scheduled time of the trains " Ghosh said.
Passengers stuck in the Howrah station suffered due to the delay and lack of announcements.
"We are waiting since morning people are exhausted still we have no information " a passenger said.
--IANS bnd/ssp/mag/bg
"The locals disrupted the movement of the train for almost four hours at Mecheda station due to which a few local trains and Express trains got stuck " said Chief Public Relations Officer Sanjay Ghosh.
The youth walking with his cycle was knocked down by a local train entering the station as he tried to cross the track.
As news of his death spread hundreds of locals squatted on the tracks demanding a job for a member of the victim s family.
"As the situation is now under control trains will start moving but they will run late. There will be changes in the scheduled time of the trains " Ghosh said.
Passengers stuck in the Howrah station suffered due to the delay and lack of announcements.
"We are waiting since morning people are exhausted still we have no information " a passenger said.
--IANS bnd/ssp/mag/bg
