Local residents and villagers of Puntamba and surrounding small villages in Maharashtra staged a rail roko for three hours at Puntamba Junction railway station on the Daund-Manmad railway line for their various demands. The primary demand has been to restore halts to trains at the station.

"Puntamba Railway Station has been operational since the British era. All trains used to halt at this station. Citizens and pilgrims from the surrounding areas benefitted from the railway services. However, since the COVID-19 period, only one DEMU train stops here," a letter and petition from villagers of Puntamba and surrounding villages said.