In the backdrop of heavy rainfall and waterlogging in Odisha, movement of trains have been halted temporarily or diverted on Sambalpur-Titlagarh section here due to water flowing over the track at several locations.
The rail traffic from Rourkela to Jagadalpur and vice-versa have been cancelled till further orders.
Sambalpur-Rayagada Intercity, Durg-Visakhapatnam, Titilagarh-Bilaspur, Sambalpur-Koraput among others stand cancelled for next few days.
There have been diversions of Dhanbad-Alleppey Express, Hatia-Yesvantpur Express, Puri-LTT (Mumbai) Express, Surat-Puri Express.
The state has been ravaged by heavy and continuous downpour, severally affecting the transportation and crippling the normal life.
On Monday, was Nanded-Sambalpur Express, Yesvantpur-Tata Express and Yesvantpur-Tata Express had to be diverted.
Authorities have suggested the passengers to check the departure timings of their trains before starting their journey.
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For the safety of passengers and trains, several trains have been cancelled from Sambalpur-Titilagarh Railway Section, which comes one of the severely affected regions.
Railway authorities plan to normalise the services after the water recedes to below-danger level.