Patna: The train has canceled at least six special trains since Sunday night and switched the other 12 routes because the flood ship touched Burhi Gandak Rail Bridge Girder at Bridge Number 248 between Sagawi and Majhaulia in Samastipur Division (ECR).
Samastipur Division Railway Manager (DRM) Ashok Maheshwari said the train was canceled as a safety measure of caution.
“Flood water on the Burhi River randak crossed the danger on the bridge number 248 in the Muzzaffarpur-Paniahawa section, while the water level showed an increasing trend on several other train bridges,” he added, adding train safety staff had been assigned to check the damage to the bridge and tracks train, if any.
“The overall condition is worrying.
All possible efforts to plug in water leaks in vulnerable places.
The train has arranged rock stones and sand bags to be used in an emergency.
Male songs have been deployed on each rail bridge to keep up on The condition and surface of the water on the bridge, “he said.
According to the Head of ECR Public Relations Official (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, Railways has canceled Narcatanasj-Raxaul Demu (0520/05210), Raxaul-Muzaffrapur Special (05215/05216) and Manduadih-Muzaffarpur Special (05161/05162) for now.
The train has transferred the Anand Vihar-Muzaffarpur special route (02558) to the Gorakhpur-Chhapra-Muzaffarpur route, not the original route Gorakhpur-Panhawa-Narkatanasj-Muzaffarpur.
“The Jalandhar City-Darbhanga Special (05252) has been transferred to narkatanasj-sikta-raxaul, not the route narkatanasj-bettiah-saguli-raxaul, while Anand Vihar-Raxaul Special (05273/05274) was transferred to the route narkatanasj-sikta-raxaul, instead The route Narkataganj-Bettiah-Saguli-Raxaul, “said CPRO.
Birar flood: Six specially canceled trains
