Cyclone Fani: East Coast Railway cancels 81 trains from May 2

Cyclone Fani: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has released an advisory, after a high-level meeting to cancel or regulate trains which might get affected due to Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ which is expected to make landfall in Odisha. Total 81 trains have been cancelled in the first phase for Fani, while two have been diverted by ECoR. According to sources, the trains between Bhadrak and Vizianagaram is likely to be cancelled from the evening of May 2 keeping in view the safety of trains and passengers in the region. The whole section between Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar-Puri-Visakhapatnam will be cleared by the railway officials to have no train in the section in case of an extreme situation, the advisory by ECoR mentioned.