Guwahati, Dec 10 (UNI) Train movement in Assam has been severely hit due to the 11-hour shutdown called by North East Students Organisation (NESO), a joint platform of students’ bodies of North East region, against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, (CAB), which seeks to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from three neighbouring countries.
A Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said here train movement in the three divisions in the state – Rangiya, Lumding and Tinsukia, have been hit during the bandh.
“Trains have been detained at several places. Long-distance trains have been detained or controlled at various places. A few local trains had to be cancelled also. Many other trains have been short-terminated,” the spokesperson said.