Dense Fog In Northern India Disrupts Train Services.

Dense Fog In Northern India Disrupts Train Services.

Dense fog disrupted train communications across the country causing untold sufferings to commuters. As per the sources of Met Deptt., dense fog would continue for the next some days across the country and it would descend more heavily in the northern and north-western regions of the country. A cold wave is likely to sweep through the country during the period.

In view of dense fog and poor visibility which has been reduced to less than 50 meters in late night & early morning hours and 150 meters in day time, train operations have been badly affected. Not o­nly Railway communication but also other road and air communication in northern part of India is also hampered.

Due to these unavoidable circumstances, ECoR had earlier issued an advisory urging passengers to co-operate with Railways for safety of trains and passengers. As safety is the prime concern in train operations and priority is given for safe journey of the passengers, East Coast Railway has instructed both train pilots and staff related to train operations to regulate train speed depending o­n visibility conditions for train movement. Apart from this, ECoR has taken several precautions and train running staff are counseled to cope with the situation.

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