Summary Samjhauta Express is now scheduled to arrive at Attari on October 15.
AMRITSAR (Web Desk) - Pakistan on Monday ‘deported‘ more than seventy stranded Indian passengers through Attari border after cancellation of the Samjhauta Express train due to farmers rail blockade in Indian Punjab.
According to The Times of India, Indian immigration officials received 72 Indian passengers whose visas had expired at Attari. These passengers were scheduled to return by Samjhauta Express on October 8 and 12 but couldn t due to the cancellation of the train.
Similarly, India ‘deported‘ 15 Pakistani passengers after expiry of their visas. An official of the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi, Ilyas Mehmood Nizami, informed TOI that they would be sending 13 stranded Pakistani passengers on board Delhi-Lahore Dosti Bus on Tuesday.
India railway authorities had cancelled Samjhauta Express twice following the termination of the Delhi-Attari Express on account of farmers rail blockade campaign.
Samjhauta Express is now scheduled to arrive at Attari on October 15.
