West Bengal: Public obstruction at Halisahar Station hits train services
Services was hit from 9.05 hrs. to 11.00 hrs.
"The incident occurred when one male person, aged about 35 yrs. was hit by down Gede local and died near the cabin at Halisahar station. Local public started obstruction at Halisahar station demanding compensation from railways," read a government statement.
Consequently, two pairs of EMU locals had been cancelled, 12 other local trains were delayed and down Bhagirathi Express was detained for more than one hour according to Eastern Railway press release.
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