Odisha cyclone: 24 passenger trains cancelled, regulated

Running of Palasa-Bhubaneswar-Palasa passenger, Bhubaneswar-Chhatrapur-Bhubaneswar passenger, Visakhapatnam- Palasa-Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam-Palasa-Visakhapatnam MEMU, Visakhapatnam-Vizianagaram-Visakhapatnam MEMU, Khurda Road-Puri passenger, Talcher-Puri passenger, Angul-Puri passenger, Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar passenger, Kendujhargarh- Bhubaneswar passenger, Palasa-Gunupur passenger Cuttack- Brahmapur passenger, Puri-Paradeep-Puri Express, Puri-Barbil Express, Puri-Santragachhi passenger and Khurda Road Kharagpur-Khurda Road passenger will also be affected.

East Coast railway will run special relief trains to meet any exigency arising out of the cyclone.

Extra diesel locomotives have been requisitioned in case there is a problem in running electric locomotives due to snapping of overhead electric wires.