Hyderabad: The Railways is cancelling 70
passenger/short distance express trains and MMTS (a local
service) on Saturday due to large-scale damage to tracks,
signalling equipment and other installations during the bandh
in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
"The large-scale damage to tracks, vital signalling
equipment and other installations during yesterday`s bandh in
Telangana has resulted in disruption of services and hence 70
trains have been cancelled for tomorrow," a South Central
Railways (SCR) official said here today.
The Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) trains between
Secunderabad and Falaknuma here apart from passenger/short
distance express trains plying under Secunderabad-Kazipet,
Kazipet-Dornakal, Kazipet-Ballarshah, Secunderabad-Mudkhed and
Secunderasbad-Mahabubnagar sections will not be operated.
"It has been decided not to run these trains as a
precautionary measure. Damage to a single signalling panel
causes a loss of more than Rs one crore. We cannot afford to
suffer such losses. Besides, repair works are underway," SCR
Chief Public Relations Officer Chandrima Roy said.
PTI
