South Central Railway suffers 2.98-cr loss due to Cyclone Fani

Hyderabad: The South Central Railway (SCR) incurred a revenue loss of Rs 2.98 crore due to severe cyclonic storm, Fani. A total of 137 trains had been affected during the cyclonic. Several trains had to be partially cancelled or fully cancelled or diverted during the cyclonic period to provide safety to the passengers and train operations.

As many as 120 trains were fully cancelled and 40, 390 passengers were given full refund of the fare which amounted to Rs 2,93,60,249. Nine trains were partially cancelled and five trains were run on diverted route which resulted in cancellation of tickets by 554 passengers and an amount of Rs 3,44,002 was refunded.

However, SCR swung into action immediately after the cyclonic storm receded. It has made arrangements to run three special trains for the convenience of the passengers stranded at important stations. The SCR has run three special trains between Secunderabad – Bhubaneswar, Vijayawada – Howrah and Secunderabad – Howrah on May 4 and 5 respectively by which around 3,043 stranded passengers were able to travel to their destinations. The SCR has earned an amount of Rs 20.9 lakh by running the special trains.