Read story here: Kin of victims of the Jaura Fatak train tragedy ended their 11-day protest, after the intervention of the district administration here on Thursday. The Deputy Commissioner, Shivdular Singh Dhillon, held a meeting with family members of the victims and representatives of various political parties. Dhillon promised the families to take up their cases personally with the higher-ups and pursue the matter.
He asked the protesters to end their stir and said a committee would be constituted to prepare cases for all affected persons. Deepak, a representatives of the victim families, said: “We have ended the protest, after the assurance by the Deputy Commissioner.” He said the DC had informed them to file their credentials with the officials so that cases could be prepared for presentation before the higher-ups.
The families had been on indefinite protest at the Bhandari bridge for the last 11 days. In an ultimatum to the government, they had threatened to block traffic on the Bhandari bridge from Friday noon, after which the administration sprang into action and held talks with them.
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