Jamshedpur/ Ranchi: South Eastern Railway (SER) on Thursday cancelled 10 pairs of trains scheduled to run on Oct 30 in view of the adverse weather conditions and the resultant flooding in the South Coast Railway zone under the impact of Cyclone Arnab.Of the cancelled services, eight pairs of trains would affect rail connectivity to several stations in the region, including Tatanagar, Chandil, Chakradharpur, Chakulia, Nimdih, Kandra, Gamharia, and Rajkharsawan.These are Tatanagar-Bilaspur Express (18113/18114), Tatanagar-Hatia Express (18601/18602), Rourkela-Tatanagar Express (68043/68044), Jhargram-Purulia MEMU (68023/68024), Kharagpur-Tatanagar MEMU (68013/68014), Asansol-Tatanagar MEMU (68055/68056), Chakradharpur-Rourkela MEMU (68025/68026), and Howrah-Jagdalpur Samaleswari Express (18005/18006).The other two pairs of trains cancelled in the South Coast Railway zone are Jharsuguda-Sambalpur MEMU (68031/68032) and Rourkela-Gunupur Express (18117/18118).Meanwhile, Howrah-Tiruchchirappalli Superfast Express (12663) will ply on a diverted route via Kharagpur, Tatanagar, and Jharsuguda on Oct 30 due to waterlogging in the Visakhapatnam division.The Ranchi office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert, predicting thunderstorms, lightning, and heavy rain at isolated places in Garhwa, Palamu, Pakur, Godda, and Sahibganj districts on Friday.Ranchi received 2.2 mm of rainfall, Jamshedpur 20.4 mm, Daltonganj, 7.6 mm, Bokaro 12 mm, and the Bano Simdega automatic weather station (AWS) recorded 24.5 mm, the highest rainfall in the state on Thursday.Maximum temperatures across the state also dipped in the past 24 hours. Ranchi on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 21.8°C, marking a 2.4°C dip. Jamshedpur recorded 24°C, a decrease of 3°C; Daltonganj recorded 22.6°C, a decrease of 4.6°C; Bokaro recorded 26.5°C, a decrease of 2.6°C; and Chaibasa recorded 26.4°C, a dip of 0.6°C.
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