Railway authorities on Sunday cancelled more trains running through Odisha in view of ongoing mass agitation in Assam against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
As the massive protests spread to neighbouring West Bengal, over a dozen of trains have been cancelled.
The train which was cancelled from Howrah is Sealdah-Puri Express from Sealdah on December 16. The trains cancelled from Puri are 22859 Puri-Chennai Express, 58002 Puri-Santragachhi Passenger and 58404 Puri-Khurda Passenger, all cancelled on December 15.
Other cancelled Odisha en-route trains are 20890 Tirupati-Howrah Express from Tirupati on December 15, 22878 Ernakulam-Howrah Express from Ernakulam on Dec 17, 12840 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express from Chennai on Dec 14, 22889 Digha-Puri Express from Digha on Dec 15, 12246 Yesvantpur-Howrah from Yesvantpur on Dec 16, 18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express from Hyderabad on Dec 15, 22860 Chennai-Puri Express from Chennai on Dec 16, 12842 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express from Chennai on Dec 15, 12864 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from Yesvantpur on Dec 14, 22852 Mangalore-Santragachhi Express from Mangalore on Dec 14, 06010 Puduchery-Santragachhi Express from Puduchery on Dec 14, 18048 Vascodagama- Howrah Amaravati Express from Vascodagama on Dec 15, 12513 Secunderabad-Guwahati Express from Secunderabad on December 15 and 22502 New Tinsukia-Bangalorw Express from New Tinsukia on Dec 13.
The trains which were cancelled partially include 22641 Trivandrum-Shalimar Express, 12246 Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from Yesvantpur on Dec 13, 02842 Chennai-Santragachhi Special from Chennai on Dec 14, 12666 Kanyakumari-Howrah Express from Kanyakumari on Dec 14, 12253 Yesvantpur-Bhagalpur Express from Yesvantpur on Dec 14, 80824 Coimbatore-Santragachhi Special from Coimbatore on Dec 13, 12509 Bangalore Cant.-Guwahati Express from Bangalore on Dec 13, 12842 Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Express from Chennai on Dec 14, 18646 Hyderabad-Howrah East Coast Express from Hyderabad on Dec 14, 12704 Secunderabad-Howrah Falaknuma Express from Secunderabad on Dec 14.