The cyclone Biparjoy, which had been brewing over the Arabian Sea for several days, has made landfall on Gujarat’s coastal area has affected the trains services due to which around 99 trains running through, originating or terminating in Biparjoy-affected areas of Gujarat, will remain cancelled or short-terminated, Western Railway said.
The landfall process of extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ has begun and it will continue till Thursday midnight, a senior weather scientist at India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
“23 trains have been cancelled, 3 trains short-terminated and 7 trains short-originated. With this, 99 trains have been cancelled, 39 trains have been short-terminated, while 38 trains short-originated as a precautionary measure till June 18, in view of the safety of passengers and train operations with respect to the onset of #CycloneBiparjoy,”