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New Delhi, June 21
The railway operations gave the impression to be limping again to normalcy after no less than 5 days of violent protests towards the lately introduced Agnipath army recruitment scheme, with lower than 300 trains cancelled on Tuesday.
Since the protests broke out over the scheme, round 400 trains have been cancelled on a mean per day as agitators torched coaches and broken railway property.
On Tuesday, the nationwide transporter cancelled 270 trains which included 103 mail/categorical trains and 167 passenger trains. It additionally partially cancelled three mail/categorical trains.
The Railways had on Monday stated it has cancelled over 600 trains as a result of agitations. It cancelled 483 trains on Sunday and 369 trains a day earlier.
Several components of the nation witnessed violent protests after the announcement of the scheme that seeks to recruit youths between the age bracket of 17-and-half years to 21 for under 4 years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 extra years. For 2022, the higher age restrict has been prolonged to 23 years.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant General Anil Puri, extra secretary within the defence ministry’s division of army affairs stated at a media briefing that “credible” info on the ‘Agnipath’ scheme has dispelled misinformation concerning the initiative and asserted that kids making ready to change into troopers have returned to bodily actions at a number of locations.
The three army companies on Tuesday stated the Agnipath scheme won’t entail any change within the current system of recruitment of troopers and won’t in any respect impression their fight capabilities and operational readiness.
While the Ministry of Railways has not estimated the loss incurred by the nationwide transporter, a press release by the spokesperson of East Central Railways, the worst affected zone, stated greater than 60 coaches and 10 engines have been broken on this zone alone.
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