Train service between Pathankot and Jogindernagar suspended after Chakki bridge collapses

CUE API Updated - August 20, 2022 at 01:54 PM.
Dharamshala: Collapsed portion of railway bridge over the Chakki river after flash flood triggered by heavy monsoon rains, in Dharamshala, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: -

Train service between Pathankot and Jogindernagar have been suspended after the Chakki bridge in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district collapsed due to heavy rains on Saturday, officials said.

The railway bridge over the Chakki river near Kandwal in Nurpur collapsed in the morning.

The railway authorities had declared the bridge unsafe and train service on the narrow-gauge track from Pathankot in Punjab to Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh has been suspended, they added.

Published on August 20, 2022 08:24

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