Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken adequate steps to ensure that Cyclone Amphan causes no risk to train traffic.
The general manager of Bhubaneswar-headquartered ECoR has directed railway officials to be on full alert towards any incident like flood-like situation near railway tracks and to ensure safety of trains as well as smooth operations.
Following are the steps being taken by ECoR:
* Close watch on railway bridges, tracks, yards and signalling system
* Silt, vegetation and other obstructions cleared from catch water and side drains
* Close coordination with state govt officials
* Patrolling at vulnerable locations by deputing patrolmen and watchmen
* Sectional gangmen to patrol tracks
* Arrangements made to stock sufficient quantities of track maintenance reserve materials
* Constant watch over Meteorological Department advisories
* Additional Control Room & Disaster Management Cell of ECoR to be opened.
ECoR has already diverted the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi-Bhubaneswar AC Special train via Angul-Jharsuguda-Rourkela-Tata route, bypassing Bhubaneswar-Hijli (Kharagpur) route for four days, in view of the cyclone forecast.
