Pantnagar: MLA Tilak Raj Behad stages dharna at Nagla railway station demanding underpass, bangles sent to railway officials; warns of dharna at collectorate from November 25

Kichha MLA Tilak Raj Behad sat on a dharna at the Pantnagar-Nagla railway station on Thursday with villagers and Congress workers over the years-old demand for an underpass there. According to Hindustan, this was the second dharna on the demand, and the railways' competent officials did not reach the protest site despite prior notice. In protest, bangles were sent to senior railway officials (to the DRM, according to Bhaskar). According to Dainik Bhaskar, the demand is for a road or underpass connecting Nagla station to Jawaharnagar. The MLA said goods trains stand at the station most of the time, blocking the way; people have to wait and often pass under the standing goods trains. Jawaharnagar villagers have been approaching the railways and officials for two years, but no concrete action has been taken so far. The MLA warned that if the demand is not met, a dharna will be held at the collectorate at the district headquarters from November 25, which Hindustan described as indefinite. The railways' side is not in any report.