Ranchi, June 30 (IANS) Rail and road services were hit in Jharkhand Wednesday on the first day of a two-day strike in five Indian states, officials said.
‘As a precaution, seven trains have been cancelled and the routes of eight have been diverted,’ a railway official told IANS.
The diverted trains include the Ranchi-Delhi Swarna Jayanti Express and the Ranchi-Varanasi inter-city.
According to railway authorities, pilot engines will run in some Maoist strongholds at a speed of 60-65 km per hour.
Also, the national highways looked deserted as trucks were stranded at many places and long-route buses did not ply.
This is the second two-day strike called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist in June. It will cover Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
