Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECOR), which cancels more than 100 trains between Thursday and Sunday night, will continue its services from Monday after Cyclone Jawad weakened to be severe depression.
Similarly, operations at the city airport continue as usual after the flight is rescheduled for two hours on Sundays.
More than 100 passenger trains have been canceled between December 2 and 5 considering the estimates of the Indian Meteorology Department for Cyclone Jawad to ensure passenger security.
For Sunday, Ecor has canceled 38 trains, including Bhubaneswar-Bengaluru Prashanti Express, Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad Visakha Express, Puri-Okha Express, Howrah-Puri Dhauli Express, Bhubaneswar-Mumbai Konark Express, Chennai-Howrah Coromandel Express, Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express, And many important letter services, express, intercity, local passengers and memu.
“When the typhoon weakened into depth depression while approaching Odisha beach, the wind speed recorded in various places in coastal districts did not affect the train property.
We are ready to run passenger trains from Monday as usual,” said a train official.
Odisha: East Coast Railway to continue the train service starting today as Cyclone Jawad weakened to be severe depression
