Bhubaneswar: In view of COVID-19 situation in Ganjam, the Odisha government on Wednesday requested East Coast Railway (ECoR) not to permit any boarding/alighting of passengers of any train in the entire district and Balugaon from Thursday, till further orders.
Following which, the ECoR has cancelled
a pair of trains and withdrawn the stoppages of the following trains as mentioned below:
CANCELLATION OF TRAINS
08437/08438 Bhubaneswar-Berhampur-Bhubaneswar Tri-weekly Special from Bhubaneswar from July 8 and from Berhampur July 9 will remain cancelled.
WITHDRAWN OF STOPPAGES
Stoppage of 01020/01019 Bhubaneswar-Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Special at Balugaon, Chhatrapur and Berhampur from both the directions have been withdrawn.
Similarly, Stoppage of 02703/02704 Howrah-Secunderabad-Howrah Special Express at Balugaon and Brahmapur has also been withdrawn from both the directions with effect from July 9, an ECoR release said.