Trains to Goa cancelled, diverted, rescheduled after landslide near Castle Rock in Karnataka
The Hindu
Trains coming from Belagavi, Hubballi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi have been affected
Incessant rains caused a landslide between Castle Rock - Caranzol stations on Braganza Ghat section of Hubballi division on July 25 night. Several trains to and from Goa were cancelled, some were diverted, some short-terminated, and some were rescheduled.
Immediately after the landslide was reported, teams were rushed to the spot to clear the railway track.
South Western Railway (SWR) authorities informed that earthmoving equipment were mobilised for clearing the debris. A team of officers and engineers from Hubballi are at the spot to supervise the operation while senior officers are monitoring the situation from the Control Room and SWR headquarters.
On July 25 night, 23 buses were arranged by SWR at Sri Siddharoodh Swamy Railway Station in Hubballi and Belagavi station for passengers of Yesvantpur-Vasco da Gama Express, which was short terminated at Hubballi, and for passengers of Goa Express (H. Nizamuddin-Vasco da Gama), which was short terminated at Belagavi. The buses were arranged to take passengers to Goa.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.