Train passengers to stage stand-up protest in Kozhikode on August 16
The Malabar Train Passengers’ Welfare Association says that neither new trains are being launched nor those cancelled during the pandemic are being restored.
A group of train passengers in north Kerala have lodged complaints against Southern Railway authorities for failing to meet their demands for better regional services, according to P.P. Ramanathan, the general secretary of the Malabar Train Passengers’ Welfare Association. Ramanathan expressed his disappointment on August 15, stating that neither new trains were being introduced, nor those that were cancelled during the pandemic were being reinstated.
Two significant scheduled trains, the Kozhikode-Thrissur Passenger and the Thrissur-Kozhikode Passenger, have yet to resume their operations. Additionally, the Palakkad-Kannur Express should commence its journey at 4 p.m. from Shoranur and include all required halts, Ramanathan emphasized. The association also highlighted that the authorities are disregarding demands for new trains connecting central Kerala districts with the northern part of the state, and they are not considering the proposal for a MEMU train from Palakkad.
The Kannur-Coimbatore Express, which carries 18 bogies, should have its unscheduled halts between Shoranur and Kozhikode eliminated. On Sunday, August 16, a stand-up protest will be held at Kozhikode railway station to express these grievances. The event will be inaugurated by K. Jayanth, an MLA. This comes shortly after Kozhikode MP M.K.
Raghavan met with Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi, urging his intervention to address the chronic shortage of special train services and the perceived discrimination against Keralite passengers returning home for Onam.
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