Indian Railways has canceled more than 25 trains due to bad weather and incessant rains. Because of massive landslides and waterlogging at many places in Lumding-Badarpur hill section of North-East Frontier (NFR) zone of Indian Railways. Due to this, there has been heavy damage to railway tracks, bridges, roads and connectivity networks in these areas. In many places the tracks have also been uprooted.
Due to the floods in Assam, life has been affected in many areas, due to which train services have also been affected. The landslides triggered by incessant rains have cut off rail and road connectivity with Assam’s Barak Valley and Dima Hasao districts and neighboring states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur.
2800 passengers stranded in train due to flood
The NFR zone had prepared all its machinery and controlled train services on the affected section in view of the severe flood situation. But still two trains, each carrying around 1,400 passengers, got stuck in the flash floods. These were train number 15616 Silchar-Guwahati Express at Ditochera station and train number 15615 Guwahati-Silchar Express at New Haflong station in Dima Hasao district of Assam. However, now passengers have been evacuated from these trains.
Over 6.62 lakh people affected in 27 districts
In the past few days, torrential rains and landslides have damaged roads and railway tracks in Dima Hasao district of Assam. This has affected road and rail connectivity in the Barak Valley region of the state. A report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday revealed that over 6.62 lakh people in 27 districts of Assam are affected by the ongoing floods in the state.
These trains have been canceled
Train No. 12503 Bangalore Cantt. Agartala Express is cancelled. Train No. 12504 Agartala – Bangalore Cantt Express is also canceled. 14620 Firozpur Cantt Jn – Agartala Train14619 Agartala – Firozpur Cantt Junction Express Cancelled. 14037 Silchar – New Delhi PSK Express cancelled. 14038 New Delhi-Silchar PSK Express15626 Agartala to Deoghar Express train is cancelled. 15625 DGHR-AGTL EXPRESS is also cancelled. 15641 Silchar-New Tinsukia Express is canceled. 15642 New Tinsukia-Silchar Express is also cancelled. 20501 Agartala-Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas ExpressTrain number 20502 Anand Vihar Terminal-Agartala Tejas also cancelled.01665 Rani Kamalapati-Agartala Special Train also canceled.01666 Agartala-Rani Kamalapati Special Train15615 Guwahati-Silchar Express CanceledTrain no.15616 Silchar-Guwahati Express also canceled. 15611 express train from Guwahati to Silchar. Train number 15612 Silchar to Guwahati Express. Train number 07030 Special train running from Secunderabad Junction to Agartala. 07029 Agartala -Secunderabad Jn Special Train. 15888 Guwahati to Badarpur Tourist Departure Express. And 15887 Badarpur-Guwahati Tourist Express.
short distance train
Sealdah-Agartala Kanchenjunga Express13174 Agartala-Sealdah Kanchenjunga Express13175 Sealdah-Silchar Kanchenjunga Express13176 Silchar-Sealdah Kanchenjunga Express