Farmers continue their protest on Friday in Shambhu near the Punjab-Haryana border for the third consecutive day. The protest led to rail traffic on the Ambala-Amritsar route with 40 trains being cancelled while the routes of 54 trains have been diverted, they said.
The farmers are demanding to release three of their peers who were arrested by the Haryana Police, the officials said.
The farmers have been protesting under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) in Patiala district's Shambhu.
They squatted on the tracks on the Ambala-Ludhiana-Amritsar route on Wednesday, demanding the release of three fellow farmers who were arrested by the Haryana Police during the ongoing stir.
With their protest continuing for the third day, the railway authorities on Friday said has been hit on the Ambala-Amritsar route, on which some goods trains also run, according to the officials. The disruption in rail movement was causing inconvenience to passengers, they said.
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the protest will continue until the three farmers are released.
The SKM (Non-Political) and the KMM are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers to press the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
The farmers have been staying put at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 when their march was stopped by the security forces.
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