149 trains affected, as farmers protest at Shambhu station continues

AMBALA: About 149 trains were affected in the

Ambala Division

of

Northern Railways

, due to ongoing farmers’ protest at Shambhu railway station on Ambala-Ludhiana rail line on Tuesday.
As per Deepak Kumar, chief public relation officer of Ambala Division, 78 trains were cancelled, 70 were diverted to other routes and 10 were either short terminated or short originated.

At Shambhu, farmers are protesting for release of three farm activists Navdeep Singh Jalbera, Gurkeerat Singh and Anish Khatkar, who were arrested by the

Haryana police

in a case related to Delhi Chalo 2.0 call given by farmers on February 13.
The farmers remained seated on the railway lines and kept raising anti-BJP and anti-government slogans.