BHUBANESWAR: Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express (22896) was stranded between Baitarani Road and Manjuri Road stations, around 115 km from here, in Odisha’s Jajpur district since 4.30pm on Sunday. The incident happened after the overhead power line got damaged due to a storm near Bhadrak.
This train was flagged off by prime minister Narendra Modi on May 18 from Puri. It started its regular run from Saturday. On Sunday, the train departed at 1.54pm from Puri and passed Baitarani Road station at 4.30pm. After passing this station, an uprooted tree fell on the overhead equipment (OHE).