Newly launched Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express was halted between Dulakhapatna-Manjuri Road Station after the overhead wire was damaged attributable to thunderstorms and lightning. The train additionally suffered minor damages.
Purna Chandra Shahu, Station Manager, Bhadrak stated, “Front glass and side windows of the driver cabin were damaged due to thunderstorms. There was also a power supply cut. No casualties reported.”
Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express was stranded between Baitarani Road and Manjuri Road stations in Odisha round 4.30 pm on Sunday after a giant tree fell on the train, inflicting partial harm on the entrance portion, impacting the overhead electrical tools, an official stated.
A tree fell on the overhead electrical line and the train was subsequently hit by it. The train, which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 18, has been halted attributable to overhead wire harm.
The tree is claimed to have fallen attributable to a storm close to Bhadrak.
“The train is expected to resume running in some time,” stated an official of East Coast Railway (ECoR).
The overhead wire tools was repaired and a diesel engine would clear (transfer) the train from the positioning to Manjuri Road because the pantograph was entangled with the overhead wire, the official stated.
After the train is cleared as much as Manjuri Road, it would once more perform with its personal engine as much as the vacation spot.
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