Cyclone ‘Amphan’ intensified into a super cyclonic storm and is likely to move across the northeast Bay of Bengal and cross the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh between Digha and the Hatia island on May 20.
The East Coast Railway decided to suspend running of all special trains on the Bhubaneswar-Kharagpur route in view of the approaching cyclone ‘Amphan.’ The railway line will be out of bounds for trains till further orders. Parcel and freight trains may be diverted via the Sambalpur-Jharsuguda route.
A round-the-clock Disaster Management Cell has been opened at ECoR Headquarters at Rail Sadan and at Divisional Headquarters at Visakhapatnam, Khurda Road and Sambalpur, the ECoR statement said.
