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Hyderabad: The
railways have cancelled 31 Express and 116 passenger trains in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Thursday in view of the rail
blockade called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC)
pressing for a separate state.
The South Central Railway (SCR) has also partially cancelled 20
Express and 14 passenger trains, rescheduled 23 and diverted 23
Express trains.
All 51 DHMU (Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit) services in Telangana
and MMTS (Multi-Modal Transport System) trains in Hyderabad and
Secunderabad have also been cancelled.
As many as 31 Express trains running in Telangana and connecting
the region to destinations in Andhra and Rayalaseema have been
cancelled.
State-owned Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has
decided to operate additional buses from Hyderabad to various
destinations in Telangana and other towns in the state to clear
the extra rush of passengers in view of rail blockade.
Meanwhile, JAC convenor M. Kodandaram said the rail blockade will
be held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. He appealed to people to
make it a huge success.
The rail blockade was earlier scheduled July 8-9 but the JAC
postponed it to involve the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party in
the protest.
With the two main parties deciding not to join hands with the JAC
for joint agitation, the committee announced it would go ahead
with the rail blockade on its own. However, the agitation was
truncated to one day -- July 14.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) and some other political and non-political groups fighting
for a separate Telangana state are part of the JAC.
The partially cancelled Express trains include Howrah-Hyderabad,
Chhatrapati Shivaji(T)-Hyderabad, Bangalore-Nanded, Chennai-Egmore-Kacheguda,
Secunderabad-Manmad, Secunderabad-Mumbai,
Secunderabad-Bhubaneshwar, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad-Trivandrum,
Mumbai-Secunderabad, Yeshvantpur-Secunderabad, Rajkot-Secunderabad,
and Chennai-Hyderabad.
Ahemedabad-Chennai, New Delhi-Tiruvanantapuram, Mumbai-Bhubaneswar,
Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam, Bhubbaneswar-Mumbai, Nagpur-Mumbai,
Madras-New Delhi, Thiruvanthapuram-New Delhi, Chennai-Ahemadabad,
Bangalore-Patna, Mumbai-Nagpur, Bangalore-Nizamuddin and
Yesvantpur-Nizamuddin are among long distance trains which will be
diverted.
The rescheduled trains include New Delhi-Hyderabad,
Patna-Secunderabad, Hyderabad-Chennai, Secunderabad-Tirupati,
Secunderabad-Howrah. Hyderabad-New Delhi, Hyderabad-Chennai,
Nanded-Bangalore-Hampi, Kacheguda-Bangalore and
Kacheguda-Chennai-Egmore.
The movement of trains in Secunderabad-Kazipet, Wadi-Secunderabad,
Vikarabad-Parli, Nadikude-Bibinagar, Mudkhed-Secunderabad,
Vijayawada-Kazipet-Ballarshah and Dhone-Secunderabad sections have
been affected.
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