Punjab farm protest: Railways stares at loss, FCI at storage space crunch

So far, a total of 1,373 trains got cancelled and 230 rakes are held up outside Punjab.

The farmer protest in Punjab that started in September is hurting the finances of Indian Railways and could create a storage space crunch for Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the coming months. According to official data, Northern Railways has so far lost Rs 495 crore on the passenger front from October 1 to November 3, and on freight operations. This is owing to the financial impact due to the stoppage of passenger trains, which comes to around Rs 45 crore. 
 
The average loss of inward data per day is around 30 rakes, while for outward rakes, it comes