Bihar: Flood victims paralyse train movement

Saharsa, Sep 3: Protesting against the delay and discrimination in relief distribution, flood victims today staged a dharna and paralysed movement of trains on the Saharsa-Mansi rail section in East Central railway.

Railway sources here said the flood victims, supported by the CPI(M), staged dharna on railway tracks at Simri Bakhtiyarpur station and held up the 5209 Saharsa-Amritsar Janseva express for nearly three hours.

Movement of other local trains were also disrupted.

The agitators were protesting against the 'failure' of the administration in relief distribution.

UNI