In view of Cyclone Hudhud effect, the Railways on Sunday cancelled, diverted and short-terminated more numbers of trains originating and passing through the East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction while the Airport Authority of India (AAI) cancelled operation of three flights from the Biju Patnaik International Airport here.
“We have cancelled three flights, one Port Blair-bound Air India flight and two Kolkata-bound Indigo flights, today because of the adverse weather conditions,” said city airport Director Sharad Kumar.
The trains which were cancelled on Sunday included the Durg-Jagdalpur Express, Korba-Visakhapatnam Express, Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar Visakha Express, Tirupati-Visakhapatnam Express, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Special, Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express and Bhubaneswar-Jundagarh Road Express.
Similarly, the trains which would be cancelled from Monday from their departure points include the Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam Intercity Express, Visakhapatam-Bhubaneswar Intercity Express, Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express, Puri-Tirupati Express, Visakhapatnam-Koraput Express.
Besides, the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express and Junagarh Road-Bhubaneswar Express will remain cancelled from Jagdalpur and Junagarh Road, respectively, on Monday.
The Sambalpur-Koraput Passenger has been cancelled for Sunday and Monday and the Koraput-Sambalpur Passenger for Monday and Tuesday.
The Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express would be diverted from Howrah via Kharagpur-Jharsugura-Nagpur-Ballharshah on Monday.
The trains which were diverted through via Naraj-Sambalpur-Jharsugura-Raipur-Nagpur include Rameshwaram-Bhubaneswar Express from Rameshwaram and Bangalore-Bhubaneswar Prashanti Express from Bangalore.
The Bhubaneswar-Pune Premium Special from Bhubaneswar Dhanbad-Alleppy Express from Dhanbad were diverted via Sambalpur-Titilagah-Raipur. The Bhubaneswar-Bangalore Prashanti Express from Bhubaneswar will be diverted via Sambalpur-Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur on Monday.
The Sambalpur-Nanded Express from Sambalpur will be diverted Titlagarh-Raipur-Nagpur and Ballharshah on Monday.
The trains which would be short-terminated include the Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam Express at Raigada, Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express at Titlagarh and the Rourkela-Koraput Express at Raigada.
Meanwhile, the ECoR authorities decided to resume Bhubaneswar-Palasa rail link on Monday morning as a result three trains from each way will be available for benefit of passengers and office-goers.
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