More than 700 trains have been cancelled due to Jat Protests in Haryana.
Highlights
- Jat quota row: Air fares escalate after road & rail transport hit
- Major carriers to operate extra flights from Chandigarh and Jaipur
- Haryana: Roads, including state highways blocked, 700 trains cancelled
The Jat agitation has not only left Delhi dry, it has also shot up air fare to Punjab and Rajasthan to never-before heights.
Plane fare between Chandigarh and Delhi, which normally varies between Rs 3000 to Rs 4000, has shot up to a minimum of Rs 16,000.
Airfare for Jet Airways and Air India is varying between Rs 16,000 and Rs 27,000.
Jaipur-Delhi fare stands between Rs 9,000 and Rs 24,000.
All the major carriers, including Jet Airways, Air India and Spicejet are operating extra flights from Chandigarh and Jaipur.
"AI is operating an additional flight from Delhi at 1730 hours today on the Delhi-Chandigarh-Amritsar-Delhi sector to fly stranded people," said a communique from Air India. The national carrier is is charging a nominal all-inclusive one-way fare of Rs 3,339 for Delhi-Chandigarh journey while it will charge Rs 3,960 for a Delhi-Amritsar trip.
The rise in air fare is a direct fallout of the blockades on the ground, which has severely hit road and rail transport. While nearly 700 trains have been cancelled, more than 1,000 have been affected.
Seven railway stations in Haryana have been set on fire by protesters.
The Jat protesters have blocked the Shimla highway near Panchkula, the National Highway 1 and the Bahadurgarh road between Delhi and Haryana.
The National Highway 1 connects Delhi with Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Six more people have died in today's violence, taking the number of deaths to 10. Curfew continues in several towns and districts of Haryana, including Rohtak, Bhiwani, Sonepat, Jhajjar, Hisar and Hansi today.
Prohibitory orders have also been imposed in Gurgaon near Delhi for two days.