New Delhi, June 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Railways cancelled 369 trains due to the agitation against the recently announced Agnipath scheme by the Indian government for recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces. The announcement of the Agnipath scheme which proposes to recruit soldiers for four years and retire 75 percent of them without pension and other social security benefits after the end of their term has been met with violent protests by youth in various parts of the country and have blocked roads and railway tracks, and also set train coaches on fire.

In Bihar, where a strike was called Saturday in support of the agitation, bandh supporters set fire to Taregana railway station in Masaurhi subdivision of Patna district. The railways’ East Central zone, headquartered in Bihar’s Hajipur, said that in view of the prevailing situation, 32 trains have been cancelled in the state.

“To ensure safety and security of passengers and railway property, trains originating in other zones will ply through ECR only after 8 PM on Saturday and continue till 4 AM on Sunday. Movement of such trains will be restored at 8 PM on Sunday,” said ECR Chief Public Relations Officer Virendra Kumar.

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