RAJKOT: The Western Railway (WR) will cancel or short terminate all the passenger, mail and express trains connecting to Veraval, Okha, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Gandhidham from today 6pm on Wednesday to Friday Morning due to cyclone Vayu.
In a media statement, it stated that the coaching stock presently available at depots and station yards at coastal areas are being shifted to safer places. The western railway will run special trains with six to ten coaches, each will be formed to be kept ready at the nearest safe location to be moved in an emergency condition.
The WR to run one special train each from Gandhidham, Bhavnagar Para, Porbandar, Veraval and Okha to evacuate all the persons from respective areas. In a statement the railway stated that "All the railway authorities at concerned divisions and headquarters, including Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCL) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, have been instructed to provide adequate manpower, material along with required machinery like JCBs, tree cutters, water tank, tractors, generators when needed."
In a media statement, it stated that the coaching stock presently available at depots and station yards at coastal areas are being shifted to safer places. The western railway will run special trains with six to ten coaches, each will be formed to be kept ready at the nearest safe location to be moved in an emergency condition.
The WR to run one special train each from Gandhidham, Bhavnagar Para, Porbandar, Veraval and Okha to evacuate all the persons from respective areas. In a statement the railway stated that "All the railway authorities at concerned divisions and headquarters, including Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCL) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, have been instructed to provide adequate manpower, material along with required machinery like JCBs, tree cutters, water tank, tractors, generators when needed."
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