Train svcs resume in Tata-Rourkela section

Rail services on Tata-Rourkela section under Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway resumed after the agitation by local people at Bondamunda (Odisha) on Howrah-Mumbai trunk route was withdrawn.
The train services of South Eastern Railway on Tata-Rourkela section will be back to normalcy following the withdrawal of the agitation by the local people, which began at 11 am yesterday and was lifted at 4 pm today, an SER press release said.
The trains will run on normal route which are scheduled to leave Howrah today after evening hours, the release said.
But, the timings of 12130 Azad Hind Express, which was to leave Howrah at 21.50 hrs today, has been rescheduled and would leave Howrah at 8.30 hrs on January 22 while 12102 Jnaneswari Express, which was to leave Howrah today at 22.50 hrs, would now leave at 5.30 hrs on January 22, the release added.

Earlier, three long-distance trains were cancelled while several others diverted or short-terminated due to the agitation.