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Train traffic hit across Andhra Pradesh

Special Correspondent

Sequel to rail roko staged by supporters of a unified State

92 trains blocked for durations ranging from
10 minutes to 5 hours
Timed to coincide with Delhi meet on Telangana; movement of many important trains disrupted

HYDERABAD: Train services in several parts of Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra districts in particular, were disrupted following rail roko staged by the supporters of unified State.

Several long distance trains were blocked for more than two hours by the agitators, who raised slogans in support of a united Andhra Pradesh. As many as 92 trains were blocked for durations ranging from ten minutes to five hours.

The rail roko was organised to coincide with the all-party meeting convened by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Vehicular traffic came to a standstill on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada NH 9 and the Narketpalli-Addanki highway, where pro-Telangana activists staged rasta roko for about three hours.

Scuffle

A scuffle ensued between the activists and the police on the road between Suryapet and Nalgonda following the arrest of a leader of the Joint Action Committee of Telangana Students. Traffic was also disrupted at Yellareddy in Nizamabad district and Adilabad town.

In the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, the activists blocked the movement of several important trains, including Sabari Express, Krishna Express, Kerala Express, Janmabhumi Express and Navjivan Express, Venkatadri Express, Rayalaseema Express and Jayanti Janata Express.

The Karnataka Express and Prasanti Express were stopped at Hindupur in Anantapur district while activists in Guntur pelted the police with stones, injuring a sub-inspector.

88 trains cancelled

South Central Railways authorities cancelled 88 trains while the APSRTC discontinued its bus services in several places in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions as a precautionary measure.

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