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Kurmi organisations withdraw proposed rail blockade in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha

Trains under the jurisdiction of South Eastern Railway (SER) and East Coast Railway (ECoR) will ply on their scheduled routes in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha as an indefinite rail blockade called by Kurmi organisations from September 20 has been withdrawn, officials said.

As a precautionary measure, at least 11 trains were cancelled and 12 others diverted on September 19 under the jurisdiction of SER and ECoR in Jharkhand and Odisha, respectively, in view of the rail blockade, they said.

The ECoR said it has decided to run trains on normal routes with immediate effect, as the Kurmi Samaj agitation “has been called off”.

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