By IANS
New Delhi : Several trains were cancelled or redirected Wednesday due to disturbances and disruption of rail and road traffic in Rajasthan, a day after 14 people were killed in an ethnic upsurge in the state.
Police used force Tuesday Gujjars blocked the arterial Jaipur-Agra highway as they protested over their demands for better employment and educational opportunities.
The railway ministry announced that on the Northern Railway sector 4059 (Delhi-Jaisalmer) Inter-City Express, 2461 (Delhi-Jodhpur Mandor) Express, 2963 (Nizamuddin-Udaipur Mewar) Express, 2958 (New Delhi-Ahmedabad) Rajdhani Express, 2413 Pooja Express have been fully cancelled. The train between Jaipur and Haridwar has been partially cancelled, said the announcement.
Moreover, on the North Western Railway 2462 (Jodhpur-Delhi) Mandor Express and 4854 (Jodhpur-Varanasi) Marudhar Express have been cancelled.
Due to the agitation, passenger trains running on the Agra-Bayana section of the Bansi Paharpur track have been cancelled as well.
Among the passenger trains whose routes have been diverted is 9040 Gorakhpur-Bawana running via Agra Fort. However, the train will now run via Gwalior, Bina, Guna, Maksi, Ujjain and Ratlam.
Also, 9037 Okha-Asansol will go via Katni, Guna, Bina and Kanpur while train number 2941 will go via Bayana, Mathura, Agra and Tundla.
All trains leaving Delhi via Mathura and Agra Cantonment will now be diverted to go via Bina, Bhopal, Nagpur and Ratlam.
The other trains diverted away from Rajasthan are 2952 Rajdhani Express, 2654 Chandigarah-Kochivelu Express, 2910 Nizamuddin-Bandra Garib Rath, 2954 Nizamuddin-Mumbai Central August Kranti Rajdhani, 9024 Firozpur-Bandra Janata Express, 9040 Muzaffapur-Bandra Avadh Express, 2903 Mumbai Central-Amritsar Golden Temple Express, 9019 Bandra-Dehradun Express, 2415 Indore-Nizamuddin Inter City Express, 2475 Hapa-Jammu Tawi Swaraj Express, 2449 Madgaon- Nizamuddin Sampark Kranti Express, 2926 Amritsar-Bandra Paschim Express, 2474 Jammu Tawi-Hapa Swaraj Express and 2916 Delhi-Ahmedabad Ashram Express.
Similarly on the North Western Railway, the trains diverted are 2463 Delhi-Jodhpur/Bikaner Rajasthan Sampark Kranti (diverted via Rewari-Bhatinda-Bikaner-Jodhpur), 5631 Bikaner/Barmer-Guwahati Express (diverted via Phulera-Bikaner-Bhatinda), 2413 Jaipur-Jammu Tawi Pooja Express (diverted via Phulera-Bikaner-Bhatinda) and 9781 Jaipur-Amritsar Express (diverted via via Phulera-Bikaner-Bhatinda).
In addition, 4311 Baraili-New Bhuj Ala Hazrat Express will be terminated at Rewari in Haryana, the minister said.