CHENNAI: The Agnipath protests spread to the city where more than 500 Army aspirants gathered at Island Grounds on Saturday demanding that the Union government repeal the scheme, while train disruptions in Telangana and in northern parts of the country made travel uncertain. Railways cancelled and restored the trains to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also advised people to watch the schedules before reaching railway stations.
Travel to destinations in the north remained uncertain as trains are being diverted avoiding Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad due to the continuing protests in Telangana. Air fare to Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Patna are in the range of ₹7,000 to ₹11,000. Railways has restored the few trains that were cancelled on Friday due to disruption caused by the Agnipath protests.