The Rail traffic in Hyderabad and other districts of Telangana came to a grinding halt as Telanganites camped on railway tracks as part of the Rail Rokho, today.
People stopped dozens of trains in and around Hyderabad, Nalgonda, Warangal, Nizamabad, Khammam and other districts even as railway authorities have cancelled 25 express trains. The ‘rail blockade’ called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), began at 6 a.m. today and will continue for 12 hours, to demand the central government to introduce a bill in parliament for formation of separate Telangana state.
Raising slogans of ‘Jai Telangana’ and holding flags and banners, activists of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and other constituents of the JAC, squatted on the tracks to stop the trains. Telangana leaders of the Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Praja Front and Telangana lawyers’ forum are also supporting the rail blockade.
