Agra: Several farmers and labourers staged a protest at the office of divisional railways manager (DRM), demanding that the diesel multiple unit (DMU) 71950 train between Idgha station, Agra and Bharatpur continue to ply, after the Agra division railways on Thursday stopped it’s operations for the next two months owing to fog. The protesters, who had gathered from 100 villages and are daily commuters on the train, asked for limited operation of the train – at least once in the morning and evening – as stopping it entirely would be a major inconvenience to them.Police and railway officials reached the spot to control the situation. They proposed that three to four protesters be sent to meet higher authorities, which the agitators didn’t agree to. Eventually, DRM Ranjan Yadav came out of his office to address the protesters. Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) Agra region president Mohan Singh Chahar, along with a BKS leader Anil Saraswat, handed over a memorandum to the DRM, demanding that orders to stop the DMU train be revoked. The DRM said that the decision to stop the train had been made by the railway board.Chahar said, “Thousands of poor people, including farmers, labourers and villagers regularly travel on the DMU train, which operates between Agra and Bharatpur. If the train stops, they will face much inconvenience. We have asked the DRM to ensure that train operates at least twice a day on the route, in the morning and evening.”The DRM assured protesters that the memorandum would be forwarded to the railway board. “The train has been cancelled for now, but all possible efforts will be made to get permission of the board for its limited operation,” he said.

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