About 800 practice passengers discovered themselves stranded in Srivaikuntam, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, because of floods, based on an official. The passengers have been aboard a Chennai-bound categorical practice originating from the temple city of Tiruchendur. They remained caught for nearly 20 hours in Srivaikuntam, which is among the severely flood-affected areas. Authorities are actively engaged in rescue efforts, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been notified. The Tiruchendur-Chennai Egmore Express (Train No 20606) departed from Tiruchendur to Chennai at 20.25 hours on December 17. The practice was, nevertheless, stopped at Srivaikuntam railway station, about 32 km away from Tiruchendur because of heavy rain and flood scenario, a railway official stated right here.
In complete, 800 passengers are stranded and of them, roughly 500 are within the Srivaikuntam railway station and about 300 are in a close-by faculty, he added. The passengers couldn’t, nevertheless, enterprise outdoors as all the space was closely inundated.
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Southern Railway introduced visitors suspension on the Tirunelveli-Tiruchendur part, between Srivaikuntam and Seydunganallur, because the ballast has been washed away in floods and the observe is ‘hanging’ and water is flowing over the railway tracks.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared a pink alert, anticipating heavy rainfall within the southern a part of the state. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls (above 204.4 mm) is likely to continue over South Tamil Nadu on December 18,” stated IMD.
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As a end result, Southern Railways has cancelled and diverted quite a few trains that function within the area. While some are cancelled, a couple of of them have been diverted or partially cancelled. The scenario worsened because the Tiruvelveli Yard was waterlogged. Similarly, some flights have additionally been cancelled. Here’s the record of all affected trains and flights.
Source: zeenews.india.com
