Bharat Bandh: Rail, road transport to be affected today

New Delhi : Train and bus services are likely to be affected on Friday as Bharat Bandh has been called by the protesting farmers’ union leaders. The markets will also remain closed in many parts of the nation.

Bharat Bandh will not be observed in four poll-bound states and Puducherry.

According to the announcement by Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide lockdown will be observed from 6 am to 6 pm on March 26.

Senior farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said that road and rail transport will be blocked, claiming that markets will also remain closed.

The Morcha also mentioned that the bandh will also be observed in Delhi, along which protests have been observed for four months now.

"Farmers will block rail tracks in various places. Markets and transport services will be closed during ''Bharat Bandh''," Mr Rajewal told news agency PTI.

He mentioned that emergency services like ambulance and fire trucks will not be stopped from this.

Meanwhile, All India traders have said that they will not participate in the Bharat Bandh.

"We are not going to participate in ''Bharat Bandh'' tomorrow. Markets will remain open in Delhi and other parts of the country. The ongoing deadlock can be resolved only through dialogue process. There should be discussions on amendments in the farm laws that can make existing farming profitable," CAIT's national general secretary Praveen Khandelwal told PTI.