Senior citizens demand restoration of train fare concession
The Hindu
The Kozhikode district committee of the Kerala Senior Citizens’ Forum is planning a dharna at Koyilandy Railway Station on December 31 demanding that the Indian Railways reinstate the concession in ra
The Kozhikode district committee of the Kerala Senior Citizens’ Forum is planning a dharna at Koyilandy Railway Station on December 31 demanding that the Indian Railways reinstate the concession in railway ticket fares that were taken away in March 2020.
K. Balakrishnan, president of the forum, told reporters here on Tuesday that K.Muraleedharan, MP, would open the protest.
The forum also wanted the ticket rates for express trains slashed to what was before March 2020 and to have general compartments attached to every train.
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