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Farmers block trains in northern India to protest new laws

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NEW DELHI – Thousands of protesting farmers blocked trains on Thursday by sitting on railroad tracks in parts of northern India to press their demand for the repeal of new agricultural reform laws that have triggered months of massive protests.

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, or Joint Farmers’ Front, organized four-hour blockades of trains at two dozen locations. Television showed protesters sitting on railroad tracks in Hapur, Modinagar, Kurukshetra and several other places in Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh states.

Railroad authorities halted train movements in the affected areas. Authorities deployed thousands of security forces at railroad stations and tracks to prevent any violence.

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