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The 12-hour Odisha Bandh called by Congress severely disrupted rail services across the state on Thursday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and more than 20 trains either halted or delayed.
The protest, triggered by the death of a girl student of FM College in Balasore, disrupted train services at several key junctions, including Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Bhadrak, and Puri.
Sources cited railway officials and reported that long-distance and express trains were held up at multiple locations due to large-scale picketing by protestors on railway tracks.
At Bhubaneswar Railway Station, angry and anxious passengers waited i...