New Delhi: As around 1 million people are being evacuated in Odisha and West Bengal, ahead of cyclonic storm Dana making a landfall Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra port on Friday, more than 300 trains have been cancelled by Indian Railways.
More than 150 express and passenger trains have been cancelled by the South Eastern Railway division (SERD).
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The trains cancelled include Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, Kamakhya-Yesvantpur AC Express, Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express, Howrah-Bhubaneswar Shatabdi Express and Howrah-Yesvantpur Express.
The East Coast Railways also cancelled as many as 198 trains including Howrah-Secunderabad, Shalimar Puri, Kamakhya-Bangalore, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar, Kharagpur-Villupuram, Howrah-Bhubaneswar, Shalimar-Hyderbad, Howrah-Puri and others.
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EMU local train service from Sealdah station and Hasnabad in West Bengal will remain suspended from 8 pm on Thursday to Friday.
The Eastern Railways also cancelled several express trains including Patna-Ernakulam Express, Kolkata-Puri, Puri-Kolkata, Dibrugarh-Kanniyakumari, Bengaluru-Guwahati among others. (with Agency inputs)
