Railways To Transport Relief Materials To Kerala For Free

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways has decided to provide free transport for aid and relief materials to Kerala in view of the recent floods that have so far claimed more than 300 lives.

According to sources, the Railways will not charge any freight cost for transporting relief materials to any station in Kerala till the end of this month. Government organisations can directly avail this service while others have to get in touch with the Divisional Railway Managers for approval.

In Odisha, NGOs, government and charitable organisations keen to send relief materials to the affected state can contact

1. Senior Division Commercial Manager, East Coast Railway, Khurda Road Division : Contact no – 8455887950 (Bhadrak to Berhampur).
2. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, East Coast Railway, Sambalpur : Contact no – 8455886950 (Angul – Sambalpur-Jharsuguda, Titlagarh – Raygada).
3. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam : Contact no-8978080950 (Pundi – Duvvada, Kattavalasa-Kirandul, Koraput – Raygada).

On the other hand, services of the following trains, passing through East Coast Railway jurisdiction, have been affected due to heavy rain, flood and landslides in the southern state of India.

12515 Trivandrum – Silcher Express leaving Trivandrum on 19.08.2018 cancelled.

12659 Nagercoil – Shalimar Express leaving Nagercoil on 19.08.2018 will run through diverted route via Tirunelveli – Muradnagar – Erode.