passengers at railway station
New Delhi: The effects of cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ have started becoming visible in Odisha and West Bengal. It is raining with strong winds at many places. The cyclone has also affected rail and air services. Due to this, more than 300 trains had to be cancelled. These also include about 200 local trains. The trains which had to be canceled mainly include Howrah-Secunderabad Express, Shalimar-Puri Super Fast Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Express, Howrah-Bhubaneswar Express, Howrah-Puri Super Fast Express.
These trains will also remain canceled
According to Railways, many trains will remain canceled till October 25. According to South Eastern Railway, Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC Express, Howrah-Bhubaneswar Shatabdi Express, Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express and Howrah-Yesvantpur Express trains have also been cancelled.
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Many local trains also canceled
In view of cyclonic storm Dana, Eastern Railway will not operate 190 local trains in its Sealdah division from 8 pm on Thursday to 10 am on Friday. Eastern Railway (ER) official said that no local trains will be run from Sealdah station from 8 pm on October 24 to ensure that no trains leave the station during the period when the cyclone is expected to make landfall. No stay.
List of canceled trains
Trains canceled include 13 up and 11 down trains in Sealdah-Canning section, 15 up and 10 down trains in Sealdah-Laxmikantpur section, 15 up and 14 down trains in Sealdah-Budge Budge section, 15 up and 15 down trains in Sealdah-Diamond Harbor section. And 15 Dn trains, seven up and nine local trains in Sealdah-Baruipur section and 11 up and nine down local trains in Sealdah-Barasat/Hasnabad section.
List of canceled trains
Biju Patnaik Airport closed
At the same time, due to cyclonic storm Dana, flight services at Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport will remain closed for 16 hours from Thursday evening. The airport will remain completely closed from 5 pm on October 24 to 9 am on October 25. Officials said that more than 100 flights are operated daily at Bhubaneswar airport, in which about 15 thousand people travel.
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