Rakesh Tikait, BKU men continue protest on waterlogged flyway at Delhi border
Ghaziabad, Sep 12: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait along with supporters staged a sit-in on the waterlogged flyway stretch at Ghazipur on Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border where heavy rains also damaged tents and other structures set up by farmer unions that have been agitating against the three agri laws since November.
On Saturday, as heavy rains pounded Delhi NCR, the flyway stretch at Ghazipur, which has been blocked due to the presence of protesters, was also flooded.
"BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait continued the protest while sitting on the waterlogged road stretch. We have been demanding that the drains going towards Delhi from here be cleaned but the authorities concerned never paid heed to it," Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) media incharge Dharmendra Malik said.
The waterlogging and the heavy rains caused damage to many tents, langars and temporary structures set up by the protestors at the border area on Saturday, he said.
"Now the protesting farmers have seen all three seasons (winter, summer and rains). The farmers are not going to get scared by anything now," Malik.
Hundreds of farmers led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha are encamped at Delhi's borders since November 2020 with a demand that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has been camping at the flyway stretch at Ghazipur.
However, the government, which has held 11 rounds of formal dialogue with the protestors, has maintained that the laws are pro-farmer and has offered to amend them.
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Passengers run over by another train after stepping down on tracks near Jalgaon, 6 dead
Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI): At least six persons were killed after they stepped down from their train on the tracks and were run over by another train coming from the opposite direction in North Maharashtra's Jalgaon district on Wednesday evening, Central Railway officials said.
The accident took place near Pachora station, where Pushpak Express had halted after someone pulled the chain due to a rumour of fire on board around 5 pm.
Some passengers of the Pushpak Express stepped down, and were hit by the oncoming Karnataka Express, said Central Railway's chief spokesperson Swapnil Nila.
At least six persons died in the accident, a district official told PTI.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra: A false fire alarm in the Pushpak Express at Paranda Railway Station caused panicked passengers to jump off the train. Tragically, several were run over by the Karnataka Express passing on another track https://t.co/Gs3RGOnksa pic.twitter.com/lmIHkE6IKb
— IANS (@ians_india) January 22, 2025
6 Train Passengers Dead After Being Run Over by Pushpak Express in Maharashtra's Jalgaon#JalgaonTrainMishap pic.twitter.com/lBSsenSii1
— Siddhant Anand (@JournoSiddhant) January 22, 2025
