Guwahati/UNI: As many as 15 trains have been cancelled by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) due to the anti-CAB protests that have been going on in Assam.
Another nine long-distance trains have been short-terminated.
In view of disruptions in train movement due to picketing in many places, (several) passenger carrying trains have been cancelled / short terminated / originated,” an NFR release said here.
Among the cancelled trains are several intercity expresses, as well as long distance trains.
Point of origin of a few trains have also been changed, the release added.
Assam as well as NE region has been opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Jain and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who came to India prior to December 31, 2014.
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