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Due to ongoing students' agitation against the Centre's Agnipath scheme across the nation, eight trains were cancelled and six trains have been rescheduled in the east zone, said East Central Railway on Sunday. According to an official notification by the East Central Railway the following trains have been cancelled and rescheduled:
The East Central Railway has also started special trains to help the commuters. As per the official information:
The Agnipath protest against the Centre's scheme has turned ugly in 11 states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand, and Assam.
Several trains have been set on fire and stone-pelting incidents were reported from various places. Owing to the violence, the train services of the East Coast Railway zone were also affected. In Bihar, where trains were set on fire in some places, the state police are probing the role of the coaching institutes behind the violence.
The stone-pelting incident was also reported at the spot in Bihar in which the police personnel also sustained injuries. Therefore, East Central Railway decided to change the schedule of the trains for affected passengers.
