With mercury decreasing every passing day, the scene at the Tatanagar railway station is getting quite depressing. Numerous passengers are facing trouble due to the delay in long-distance trains, thanks to the foggy weather conditions, and the situation is unchanged for the past few days in the North.
Amidst dense fog and mist, enveloping northern parts of the country, several trains coming to Jharkhand from New Delhi and other destinations have started arriving late.
As many as half-a-dozen trains —New Delhi-Puri Neelanchal Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Sampark Kranti Express, New Delhi- Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Superfast Express, Anandvihar- Santragachi Express and Jammu Tawi Express which runs via Tatanagar have been running late way behind schedule today. Tatanagar falls under the Chakradharpur division of south Eastern Railway.
Several trains including Bhubaneshwar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express ( Dn), Tata -Jammu Tawi Express ( Dn), Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express ( Dn), Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Superfast Express ( Dn) have been running several hours late today.
The Puri-bound Purushottam Superfast Express ( from New Delhi) which travels via Tatanagar was running four hours late today.
The schedule arrival of the train at Tatanagar railway station is 8 pm but due to the delay it is expected here past midnight.
Railway authorities said that they were taking necessary steps to help passengers get refunds for cancellation of tickets. " Several passengers who were supposed to catch connecting trains got their tickets cancelled at Tatanagar ," said H K Balmuchu, the station manager.