Cyclone Jawad: 95 trains cancelled for ‘safety of passengers’. Check full list

Cyclone Jawad: 95 trains cancelled for ‘safety of passengers’. Check full list

• By Staff Writer

As many as 95 trains passing over or originating from East Coast Railway have been canceled due to the threat posed by Cyclone Jawad that may hit Odisha on Saturday morning. The cyclonic storm is likely to form over the central Bay of Bengal on December 3. East Coast Railway said that the trains have been canceled in view of “safety of passengers” the low-pressure area forms in the south Andaman Sea. 

The low-pressure area is expected to intensify into a depression and move towards the Odisha coast as a cyclonic storm on December 4. The possible cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal has prompted a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Odisha government has requisitioned National Disaster Response Force, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force, and fire department personnel for rescue and relief operations. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government has sounded an alert in view of the cyclone threat to the north coastal Andhra region.