12-hour Tripura bandh on 9 December, Trains between Silchar & Agartala cancelled/short terminated

December 8: An ally of the BJP-led government in Tripura, the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) has given a 12-hour bandh call on 9 December in Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) area protesting Citizenship (Amendment Bill). As a result, train movement between Agartala and Dharmanagar will be adversely affected.

In a Press Release issued by the Chief Public Relations Officer, NF Railway, it was stated that 55663 Agartala Silchar passenger of 09.12.19 will remain cancelled between Agartala and Dharmanagar and will orginate from Dharmanagar. Also, 55664 Silchar Agartala passenger of 09.12.19 will be short terminated at Dharmanagar and will remain cancelled between Dharmanagar and Agartala.

The press release also stated that after the bandh period is over, one passenger special train will run from Dharmanagar to Agartala with stoppages of 55664 passenger.
Further, the following train services will remain cancelled in view of 12 hrs Tripura Bandh called on 9.12.2019.

• 07682/07689 Agartala Sabroom Dharmanagar DEMU
• 07690/07681 Dharmanagar Sabroom Agartala DEMU
• 07684/07683 Agartala Sabroom Agartala DEMU
• 07688/07687 Agartala Sabroom Agartala DEMU
• 55679/55680 Agartala Dharmanagar Agartala DEMU
• 55676/55675 Dharmanagar Agartala Dharmanagar DEMU