Assam floods: Indian Railways cancels 29 trains, here’s the latest updates
Assam is in the grip of landslides and incessant rains. It has also claimed the lives of at least 9 people and affected rail and road transport in the state. Roads and railway tracks have been submerged in water and many railway lines have also been damaged. Keeping in view the current situation, the North East Frontier Railway (NFR) zone of Indian Railways in a statement said that it has terminated/cancelled 29 trains due to floods and rains in Assam.
“In light of waterlogging and landslides owing to heavy rain, at km 113/4-5 between Jatinga Lumpur and New Harangajao, at km 131/1-2 between Bandarkhal and Ditokcherra sections, and other places in Lumding,” NFR said in a statement.
Assam
State of India
- Capital: Dispur
- Chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Population: 3.09 crores (2012)
- Language: Assamese language
Cancellation of trains:
- 12503 Bangalore Cant-Agartala Exp
- 12504 Agartala-Bangalore Cant Exp
- 14620 Firozpur Cantt Jn-Agartala
- 14619 Agartala-Firozpur Cantt Jn Exp
- 14037 Silchar-New Delhi PSK Exp
- 14038 New Delhi-Silchar PSK Exp
- 15626 Agartala-Deoghar Exp.
- 15625 DGHR-AGTL Exp
- 15641 Silchar-New Tinsukia Exp
- 15642 New Tinsukia-Silchar Exp
- 20501 Agartala- Anand Vihar Terminal Tejas Exp
- 20502 Anand Vihar Terminal-Agartala Tejas
- 01665 Rani Kamlapati-Agartala Spl
- 01666 Agartala-Rani Kamlapati Spl
- 15615 Guwahati-Silchar Exp
- 15616 Silchar-Guwahati Exp
- 15611 Guwahati-Silchar Exp
- 15612 Silchar-Guwahati Exp
- 07030 Secunderabad Jn.-Agartala Spl
- 07029 Agartala-Secunderabad Jn Spl
- 15888 Guwahati-Badarpur Tourist Exp
- 15887 Badarpur-Guwahati Tourist Exp.
Short termination/Short Origination of trains
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- Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjunga Exp
- 13174 Agartala-Sealdah Kanchanjunga Exp
- 13175 Sealdah-Silchar Kanchanjunga Exp
- 13176 Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjunga Exp
Trains have been further cancelled or partially cancelled. @ANI @PIB_Guwahati @PIBAgartala @ddnewsagartala @ddnews_guwahati @airnews_ghy @airnews_agt @airnews_silchar @silcharNOW @News18Northeast @DY365 @DimahasaoPolice @DimaDipr @cacharpolice @diprassam @RailMinIndia https://t.co/qk4ijqIWLl pic.twitter.com/9DvdyDPpJ5
— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) May 15, 2022
Further to the above cancellations, some more services have been partially cancelled or cancelled. All stranded passengers are OK and food and water is being provided to them. pic.twitter.com/1r3zYDE10K
— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) May 14, 2022
In the meantime, the Army and paramilitary forces have been called into action. They have rescued thousands of people alongside Assam’s disaster response force and emergency services, according to news agency PTI. More than 56,000 people have been affected by the floods, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.
According to the authority’s flood report on May 15, twenty-nine relief camps in the state are now sheltering 48,000 individuals. Floods in the state have destroyed 200 houses.
Latest Update
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- Over 48,000 individuals have been relocated to 248 different relief sites.
- The worst-affected districts are Hojai and Cachar.
- Assam government announces financial assistance of INR 4 lakh each to the families of those who died.
- The Guwahati Met Office has issued a warning for widespread rain over the next four days across the region.
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