4 trains cancelled due to track damage in K'put

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As many as four trains, including the Hirakhand Express, have been cancelled as tracks to Koraput and Rayagada have been damaged due to the incessant rains and stone-blockages on the tracks caused by the landslide on various routes at liliguma and Rauli.

Besides, the Rourkela Inter-City and the Sambalpur passenger train have stopped plying from their respective stations, whereas the Hirakhand Express is standing stationary at the Koraput Railway Station.

Trains like Rourkela Intercity-Express, Hirakhand Express and Sambalpur passenger train, which are supposed to move to their destinations from the Koraput Railway Station, have been cancelled, railway authorities informed.           

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