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A bird’s eye view of the destruction caused by Cyclone Fani, a day after its landfall, as part of the aeriel surveillance by Coast Guard Dornier aircrafts to assess the damage caused by the cyclone, in Puri, Odisha on Saturday.[/caption]
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI): The Indian Coast Guard has deployed its assets, including ships and a helicopter, in search- and-rescue operations in Odisha after Cyclone Fani pummelled the coastal state on Friday.
The ships and a helicopter are trying to locate fishing boats at sea.
“While 02 @CoastGuard Ships and 01 Helicopter deployed off #Odisha Coast continue to look for marooned fishing boats at sea if any #Haldia dock reports operational normal as of now...,” the Coast Guard tweeted.
The Coast Guard had kept all its assets on standby to be pressed into service for the rescue operations.
On Friday, the Coast Guard sent its ship to Gopalpur near Odisha ferrying food and relief material for the cyclone-affected areas.
Around 12 people died in Odisha after Cyclone Fani slammed the state on Friday.
Railways to resume all train services from Bhubaneshwar from today
The Railways will resume all train services from Bhubaneshwar on Sunday, except two, and it has already cleared the Howrah-Chennai mainline, barely 24 hours after Cyclone Fani hit Odisha, officials said.
Two trains originating from Bhubaneshwar will remain cancelled and all services to Puri are unlikely to begin before May 10.
Bhubaneshwar-Tirupati and Vidakhapatnam Intercity have been cancelled due to non-availability of pairing trains, J P Mishra, a spokesperson of the East Coast Railway, said.
“Train services will run normally from Bhubaneshwar from tomorrow, May 5. This is for originating trains from Bhubaneshwar. Puri has been affected, but since it’s not on the mainline, train services will not be affected,” he said.
He said the services have been resumed in less than 24 hours after Fani hit the state.
Meanwhile, train services on the mainline have been partially restored where there has been extensive damage to rail infrastructure.
But the line will be made operational on Sunday, the spokesperson.
The section of Puri/Bhubaneshwar/Khurda Road has been badly hit, Mishra said.
“Bhubaneswar and Khurda Road have recovered partially. Ready to take a few trains. There will be no trains to Puri till May 10 at least,” he said.