Railways and port operations have resumed in coastal Odisha on Monday, as the cyclone Phailin crossed the State.
East Coast Railways, which resumed most of the train services after a gap of two days, will shortly restart freight loading operations as well.
Similarly, Paradip Port, which had suspended vessel operations since Friday, has also re-started operations on Monday. “We handled four vessels today (Monday) including one with imported coal. We are handling vessels of up to 13 metre draft (depth) instead of the usual 14.5 metre. Train operations in the port have started,” the Port Chairman Sudhanshu Shekhar Mishra told
The two-day disruption of the East Coast Railways will have a potential revenue loss of about Rs 100 crore for the zone, according to back-of-the envelop calculations. Paradip Port has not yet made any assessment of financial loss.
Due to cyclone Phailin, train services in Howrah-Visakhapatnam section of the East Coast Railway were disrupted and cancelled on October 12 and 13, said an official release.
The machinery of the East Coast Railway, set up for cyclone management, was functioning for the restoration of traffic and was reviewing the situation continuously.
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