Over 300 mail and express trains and over 400 passenger trains have been cancelled between July 7 and 13 in the last few days amid waterlogging in several parts of India, officials said on Thursday.
Northwest India has been receiving incessant rains since July 8. Several states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan received “heavy to extremely heavy’ rains’ resulting in massive damage to infrastructure and disruption of essential services at places. Such as Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab.
The Northern Railway cancelled around 300 mail and express trains, while 191 were diverted. According to officials, around 67 trains were short-originated.
Due to the rise in the water level in the Yamuna at the Old Railway Bridge, the movement of trains between Delhi Junction and Delhi Shahdara has been temporarily suspended from July 11 to July 13 at 6 am, the Railway Ministry said in a statement. Until the water level comes down to the normal mark, the movement of trains will remain closed.
Rain in many parts of India
Several parts of north India, including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi-NCR, received heavy rains last weekend, , , disrupting normal life. Apart from this, the rising water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi has increased the problems of the people.
As yamuna water entered major roads in Delhi including Ring Road, Kashmere Gate, , ITO and Red Fort area, a similar scene was witnessed in Noida Sector 137 due to overflowing drains . Areas around Noida Sector 137, residential society Paras Tiarea and Advent Park were flooded to the knees, leaving people struggling to follow daily routines.
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Thursday ordered that all schools up to class 12 in Noida and Greater Noida will remain closed on Friday due to the Yamuna crossing the danger mark and the possibility of rain. According to the irrigation department, the Yamuna crossed the danger mark of 200.60 metres downstream of Okhla barrage at around 11.45 am on Thursday.
