In view of the Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani likely to make a landfall in the district, the administration on Thursday evacuated tourists from the holy town on a war-footing.
Initially, five buses from the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) were arranged for the tourists for their safe return from the
pilgrim town to Howrah in West Bengal ahead of the anticipated landfall of the storm.
More buses were likely to be engaged in service of the tourists for
transportation from Puri to Howrah if the number of passengers increases, sources said.
A special train with reserved and unreserved accommodation also ran from Puri carrying the tourists to Kolkata. Two more special trains were also added in view of the return of the travellers from the place due to the cyclone.