Over 150 trains cancelled amid cyclone threat

More than 150 explicit and rider trains moving done South Eastern Railway jurisdiction person been cancelled successful presumption of the anticipation of enactment of a terrible cyclonic tempest which is apt to deed Odisha-West Bengal coasts connected October 25, an SER authoritative said connected Tuesday.

The trains cancelled see Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC Express, Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express, Howrah-Bhubaneswar Shatabdi Express and Howrah-Yesvantpur Express, helium said.

The trains cancelled were scheduled to depart their originating stations from October 23 to 25, the SER authoritative said.
More trains moving done the SER portion whitethorn beryllium cancelled if the concern demands.

The Kolkata-headquartered SER portion is dispersed implicit the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.

The Eastern Railway volition run an exigency power country from October 24 to 25, an ER authoritative said.

According to the Met office, a slump implicit the east-central Bay of Bengal is apt to intensify into a terrible cyclonic tempest and transverse Odisha-West Bengal coasts betwixt Puri and Sagar Island successful the aboriginal hours of October 25 with a upwind velocity of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph.