Punjab Mail usually passes through Delhi. But due to the presence of farmers in the train in large numbers and their possibility of landing in Delhi in protest against the farm laws, Punjab Mail was brought from Mathura via Rohtak (in Haryana) via Jhajjar, Rewari instead of Delhi. .
Railway authorities (Railway) diverted the route of Punjab Mail (Ferozepur to Mumbai) on Monday in view of the large number of farmers present in Punjab Mail and fear of their landing. . Not only this, the railways have also banned trains running between Ganganagar and Old Delhi in Rajasthan. The decision to divert the route on behalf of the railway authorities was taken against the agricultural laws to prevent the farmers from reaching the national capital.
The Punjab Mail usually passes through Delhi. But due to the presence of farmers on the train in large numbers and their possibility of landing in Delhi in protest against agricultural laws, Punjab Mail was brought from Mathura via Rohtak (in Haryana) to Jhajjar, Rewari instead of Delhi. A Northern Railway spokesperson said, “It was diverted (Punjab Mail) for operational reasons”.
Route changed to prevent thousand farmers from coming to Delhi’
The second train, which passes through several stations in Punjab and Haryana, was briefly banned in Bahadurgarh (Haryana).
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Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, who is also a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, alleged that the Punjab Mail route was diverted to prevent 1000 farmers from reaching Delhi.
Farmers went to the settlement to reach the protest site
Farmer unions claimed that hundreds of farmers boarded the train with plans to land at Bahadurgarh station. Because from there the ticker border is just 4 kilometers away. The farmers were forced to land at both Rohtak and Rewari, from where all the farmers went to the settlement to reach the protest site.
Farmers’ crowds were lower than anticipated
A heavy police force was stationed at Mathura Junction in view of the possibility of reaching the Mathura in large numbers due to the route divert of the farmers going to the Kisan movement in Delhi. However, there was not as much congestion as estimated by the farmers. The general crowd of farmers reached the junction.
