Train services between Koraput-Jagdalpur section have been disrupted due to falling of boulders, large trees and mud in between Jarti-Maliguda stations on Sunday midnight resulting in the detention of Durg-Jagdalpur Express and a Jagdalpur bound goods train on the route.
The 77 stranded passengers of the express train were brought back to Jarati Station and food and water were supplied to them, said a release issued by the Railways.
Arrangements are being made for dispatch of the passengers to various places by road. Senior Railway officials from Koraput and Jagdalpur have already reached the site to clear the obstruction on track and to resume train operations.
The rescue operation to clear the line is going on a war-footing and expected to be completed very soon, even though the damages to track and the obstruction are very huge, said the release.
Meanwhile, Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express, Jagdalpur-Howrah Samaleswari Express and Jagdalpur-Durg Express were cancelled between Jagdalpur and Koraput on Monday.
Similarly, Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express,Visakhapatnam-Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Passenger will run from Koraput, while Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Expreess were short-terminated at Titlagarh. Similarly, Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express ran upto Koraput on its scheduled time and path from Bhubaneswar on Monday.