KOCHI: Several people from Kerala are stranded in riot affected Haryana from Saturday following the cancellation of trains and other transport facilities from the region. P. T. Gopala Kurup, chairman of Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (MILMA), and a few officials from the organisation are stuck in Karnal while a group of 20 persons from Kochi are in Panipat.
“We came for a meeting on dairy development and are not able to return due to the cancellation of the train services”, Mr. Kurup told DC over the phone.
Mr. Kurup however said that all of them were safe and not facing any difficulties.
A team of 20 persons from Rotary Club of Kochi Periyar had gone to the Indo-Pakistan border at Wagah as part of the Salute Soldiers, a programme to be in solidarity with the soldiers on the border.
The team got stuck on their way back at Panipat, Adv Manoj, a member of the team said in a message. According to Mr. Manoj, all of them were accommodated in a camp set up by the government with the support of voluntary agencies. He said that around 600 persons from various parts of the country were in the camp.
