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| Rail roko strike enters 6th day, passengers suffer | | Private bus operators sell tickets at exorbitant rates | |  Anzer Ayoob
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: The movement of trains to Jammu remained affected for a sixth consecutive day today due to farmers’ agitation in Punjab as 16 trains had to be cancelled fully while 20 trains were either short-originating or short-terminated.
Due to the cancellation of trains, a plethora of people are standing at the doors of travel agents in Jammu in order to travel outside the state.
A passenger, Aaqib Anjum Aafi, who was traveling to Delhi on December 25 said, “A journey that could’ve been available for Rs. 400-Rs. 500 on a sleeper train ticket is available at Rs 2000 on, sharing basis on sleeper ticket for buses.”
A 3rd AC ticket costs Rs. 1400 on a train. The normal fair of the Jammu-Delhi route for roadways in the SRTC buses is Rs. 750. |
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