Hathras:
The police fired in the air to prevent protestors from damaging the Hathras railway junction in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The crowd pelted stones at Mahananda Express train. They also torched three bogies demanding restoration of stoppage of certain express trains at Hathras. Protesters blocked the railway tracks and surrounded the train from all sides, before setting the bogies on fire. The protest has been on for the past three
days after the authorities refused to heed their demand for scheduling stoppages
of specific express and mail trains. The halting of trains at the junction was
stopped two months ago, after the metre gauge track was converted to a broad gauge
line.
