Kolkata, Jan 5 (PTI)Protestors lifted a blockade of railway tracks at Thakurnagar station in the Sealdah-Bongaon section of Eastern Railway after nearly 14 hours on Wednesday evening, railway officials here said.

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Train commuters were protesting cancellation of early morning local trains owing to Covid restrictions.

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Blockades for similar reasons at Taldi and Hotar stations in the Sealdah-Canning and Sealdah-Diamond Harbor routes were also ended, ER spokesperson Ekalabya ??Chakraborti said.

"The blockades caused cancellation of 36 trains and short-termination of 18 more," he said.

The over 14-hour long blockade of railway tracks at Thakurnagar, which started at 5 am, was lifted at 7.10 pm, he said.

The agitators blocked the tracks from 5 am demanding restoration of early morning trains canceled owing to restrictions imposed by the West Bengal government on movement of people from 10 pm to 5 am to curb the spread of the Coronavirus.

The ER canceled early morning local trains which depart originating stations before 5 am in consonance with the state government order, Chakraborti said.

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