The Punjab police on Sunday cleared a section of the railway track here after a skirmish with protesters who had blocked it demanding action against ‘erring’ authorities and organizers of the Dusshera committee following Friday’s accident that claimed 61 lives.
Protesters had warned that they would not let any train pass on the route unless their demands were met. They were also demanding that missing persons be traced and adequate compensation given to the families of the dead.
The blockade had forced the railways to cancel 27 trains since Saturday.
Apart from cancelling 27 trains, the railways also diverted many others to Tarn Taran and Beas to continue their onward journeys while others were short terminated at Jalandhar, railway officials said.
The tragedy on Friday occurred when a Jalandhar-Amritsar train ploughed through a crowd on a track watching Ravan’s effigy being burnt. The railways have said it was not responsible for the tragedy.