DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The farmer bodies in Punjab, which have been protesting the three farm laws passed in the monsoon session of Parliament, announced on Wednesday an easing of their three-week-long 'rail roko' agitation by allowing movement of goods trains in the state.The decision came a day after the Punjab Assembly passed Bills to counter the Centre's contentious farm laws. Farmer leader Satnam Singh said the decision was taken keeping in mind the shortage of coal and diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer. "We have decided to allow only goods trains from today till November 5," he said after a meeting of different farmers' organizations here. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh welcomed the decision by the farmers' organisations, saying it was in the interest of the state's economy and its revival. The Punjab government had been urging the protesting farmers to relax their 'rail roko' agitation while warning of a severe shortage of coal for thermal plants and fertilizers needed for wheat sowing. Several industry bodies had also complained about not receiving their inputs due to farmers blocking the rail tracks in the state for an indefinite period from October 1. Farmers under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee had been squatting on rail tracks in Amritsar since September 24. Meanwhile, farmer leaders said they would continue to stage sit-ins outside fuel pumps of some corporate houses, at toll plazas and residences of several BJP leaders in the state. "The next course of action will be announced in a meeting fixed for November 4," said Bharatiya Kisan Union (Dakunda) general secretary Jagmohan Singh. Asked to comment about the Bills passed by the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) president Balbir Singh Rajewal dubbed it a "big achievement" following the agitation. "It has happened for the first time in the history that a special session of the Assembly was called and the Bills were passed just because of the pressure built by the farmers," he said, adding, "The entire state was united over this issue and this message has spread across the country." Another farmer leader said though there were "some shortcomings" in the Bills passed by the Punjab Assembly, they still were pro-farmer. (editor@dailyworld.in)