12 October 2013

Measures taken for cyclone management over ECoR: Trains Cancelled & Diverted

The following measures have been taken for cyclone management:
(i)Measures have been taken to sanitize section between Bhadrak – Palasa by 12.30 hrs of date so that there will be no train running over the section during cyclone.
(ii)No trains from adjoining railways will be received after 10.30 hrs.
(iii)For Controlling/Regulation of trains 25 controlling stations are functional with local emergency control comprising of officers/supervisors and staff of different departments round the clock for management of emergent situation. Arrangement of food, drinking water, medical facility, relief and rescue operation at these stations have been made. Diesel powers are positioned at Bhadrak, Jajpur Keonjhar Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Brahmapur, Palasa, Paradeep, Puri, Dhenkanal, Talcher, Visakhapatnam for opening communication/section clearance. For drinking water Sintex water tanks of 2000 ltr capacity have been made available and 06 nos of BTPN wagons with water have been positioned at Palasa.
(iv)Accident Relief Train/Accident Relief Medical Equipments are kept ready at their base stations except Kantabanji which is positioned at Brahmapur. Tower wagons are kept ready at the respective locations equipped with power saw.
(v)Power cars have been positioned at Brahgmapur, Palasa, Khurda Road & Bhadrak. Diesel Generator sets have been positioned at all the 25 controlling stations for lighting and signaling purposes.
(vi)One coach each has been placed at the controlling stations for shelter.
(vii) Emergency stores items like – Tarpaulins, blankets, bedsheets, GI wires, gloves, Keroseneoil, torch, bleaching powder etc. have been supplied at the controlling stations by road and QT van.
(viii)Satellite phones have been provided and functional at Zonal HQ, Visakhapatnam, Khurda Road, Bhadrak, Paradeep, Balugaon and Brahmapur.
(ix)Engineering materials for relief and rescue operation have been loaded and kept ready to meet emergent requirement.
B.Cancellation/Short termination/Diversion of trains due to Cyclone.
The following trains are to be cancelled/short terminated/diverted due to Cyclone.
I.Cancellation of trains:
1.22811 – Bhubaneswar-New Delhi (Rajdhani ExP) leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13.
2.22805 – Bhubaneswar-New Delhi S/F Exp via Sambalpur-Rourkela o­n 12.10.13
3.18425 – PURI-DURG leaving Puri o­n 12.10.13.
4.18426 – DURG-PURI leaving DURG o­n 12.10.13.
5.18452 – PURI-Hatia leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
6.18451 – Hatia-PURI leaving Hatia o­n 12.10.13.
7.18477 – PURI –Haridwar Utkal leaving Puri o­n 12.10.13.
8.12801 – PURI-NDLS Purusottam leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
9.15643 – PURI-Kamakhya leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
10.18410 – PURI-Howrah leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
11.12838 – PURI-Howrah leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
12.22890 – PURI –DGH leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
13.12843 – PURI-Ahmedabad leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
14.22202 – PURI- Sealdah (Duranto) leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13.
15.17481 – Bilaspur-Tirupati leaving Bilaspur o­n 12.10.13.
16.18418 – Bhubaneswar-Rourkela leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13.
17.18411/18412- Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam-Bhubaneswar Inter City on 12.10.13.
18.22879 – Bhubaneswar-Tirupati leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13.
19.17015 – Bhubaneswar-Secunderabad (Visakha Exp) leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13.
20.12073 – Howrah-Bhubaneswar (Jan Shatabdi) leaving HWH o­n 12.10.13.
21.12277 – Howrah-PURI (Shatabdi Exp) o­n 12.10.13.
22.18437 Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna & 18447 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur Hirakhand leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
23.18438 Bhawanipatna-Bhubaneswar leaving Bhawanipatna o­n 12.10.13 and 18448 Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Exp leaving Jagadalpur o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
24.12815 – PURI-NDLS leaving PURI o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
25.12822 – PURI-Howrah Dhauli Exp leaving Puri o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
26.18106 – Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Exp leaving Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
27.18304 Sambalpur-PURI-Sambalpur o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
28.12893/12894 Bhubaneswar-Bolangir-Bhubaneswar o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.
II.Short Termination:
1.17016 Secunderabad-Bhubaneswar left Secunderabad o­n 11.10.13 will be short-terminated at Vizianagaram.
2.17480 TirupatiY-PURI left Tirupati o­n 11.10.13 will be short-terminated at Palasa.
3.18048 Vasco-da-gama-Howrah left Vasco-da-gama o­n 11.10.13 will be short-teminated at Visakhapatnam.
4.18464 Bangalore-Bhubaneswar left Bangalore o­n 11.10.13 will be short-terminated at Visakhapatnam.
5.12829 Chennai-Bhubaneswar left Chennai o­n 11.10.13 will be short-terminated at Visakhapatnam.
III.Diversion of Trains:
1.12840 Chennai-Howrah Mail left Chennai o­n 11.10.13 will be diverted via Bijayawada, Ballarsah, Nagpur,Raipur,Jharsuguda.
2.12508 Guwahati-Trivandrum now o­n run will be diverted via Angul, Sambalpur, Titlagarh and Raipur.
3.12664 Trichirapalli-Howrah will be diverted via Bijayawada, Ballarsah, Nagpur,Raipur,Jharsuguda.
4.12864 Yesvantpur-Howrah will be diverted via Bijayawada, Ballarsah, Nagpur,Raipur,Jharsuguda.
5.12509 Bangalore-Guwahati will be diverted via Bijayawada, Ballarsah, Nagpur,Raipur,Jharsuguda.
6.12842 – Chennai-Howrah Coromandal Exp will be diverted via Bijayawada, Ballarsah, Nagpur,Raipur,Jharsuguda.
7.12703 – Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma left Howrah o­n 12.10.13 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda.
8.12245 – Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto left Howrah o­n 12.10.13 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda.
9.22612 –New Jalpaigudi-Chennai left New Jalpaigudi- o­n 11.10.13 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda.
10.22614 – Haldia-Chennai left Haldia o­n 12.10.13 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda.
11.18645 – Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast leaving Howrah o­n 12.10.13 will be diverted via Kharagpur-Chakradharpur-Jharsuguda.
12.13351 – Dhanbad-Alleppey o­n 12.10.13 will be diverted via Jharsuguda, Raipur, Nagpur, Ballarsah.
13.18637 – Hatia-Yesvantpur on 12.10.13 will be diverted via Jharsuguda, Raipur, Nagpur, Ballarsah.
IV.All Mail/Exp,Pass Trains & SPL trains running over ECoR o­n 12.10.13 will be cancelled.