Train services disrupted in Delhi, protesters squat on tracks

NEW DELHI:

Protesters squatted on tracks

in several places outside Delhi, stopping trains, including the

Dehradun Express

and the Ranchi Rajdhani, to enforce an all India shutdown against the dilution of the SC/ST Act, officials said on Monday.

Services were disrupted when a mob arrived at the Ghaziabad yard around 10 am today, Northern Railway officials said.

Many trains, such as Saptakranti Express, Utkal Express and the Bhubaneswar and Ranchi Rajdhani as well as the Kanpur Shatabdi, were stopped ahead of Ghaziabad in Meerut and Modinagar, officials said.

A mob of about 2,000 people disrupted trains at the Hapur station as well, disrupting the movement of many goods trains, they added.