Singur Andolan Local train can't travel beyond Singur: Min protests on tracks

A local train that was scheduled to travel to Tarakeshwar via Singur from Howrah with effect from January 1 morning had to return to Howrah from Singur station due to agitation by a section of local people led by minister in-charge of Agricultural Marketing department, Becharam Manna.

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KOLKATA:

Manna, who is also an MLA of Haripal, handed over a deputation to the station manager after two hours of protest and threatened further agitation if the Railways did not roll back their decision of running the train beyond Singur.

Manna along with the agitators started their agitation from around 6.30 am and demanded that the train named as 'Singur Andolan Local' should not travel beyond Singur. Manna's wife Karabi who is an MLA from Singur was also present.