147 trains cancelled in view of Telangana blockade

Hyderabad: The railways have cancelled 31 Express and 116 passenger trains in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday in view of the rail blockade called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) pressing for a separate state.

The South Central Railway (SCR) has also partially cancelled 20 Express and 14 passenger trains, rescheduled 23 and diverted 23 Express trains.

All 51 DHMU (Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit) services in Telangana and MMTS (Multi-Modal Transport System) trains in Hyderabad and Secunderabad have also been cancelled.

As many as 31 Express trains running in Telangana and connecting the region to destinations in Andhra and Rayalaseema have been cancelled.

State-owned Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has decided to operate additional buses from Hyderabad to various destinations in Telangana and other towns in the state to clear the extra rush of passengers in view of rail blockade.

Meanwhile, JAC convenor M. Kodandaram said the rail blockade will be held from 6 am to 6 pm on Thursday. He appealed to people to make it a huge success.

The rail blockade was earlier scheduled July 8-9 but the JAC postponed it to involve the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party in the protest.

With the two main parties deciding not to join hands with the JAC for joint agitation, the committee announced it would go ahead with the rail blockade on its own. However, the agitation was truncated to one day -- July 14.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some other political and non-political groups fighting for a separate Telangana state are part of the JAC.

Partially cancelled Express trains:
Howrah-Hyderabad
Chhatrapati Shivaji(T)-Hyderabad
Bangalore-Nanded
Chennai-Egmore-Kacheguda
Secunderabad-Manmad
Secunderabad-Mumbai
Secunderabad-Bhubaneshwar
Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam
Hyderabad-Trivandrum
Mumbai-Secunderabad
Yeshvantpur-Secunderabad
Rajkot-Secunderabad
Chennai-Hyderabad.

Long distance trains to be diverted:
Ahemedabad-Chennai
New Delhi-Tiruvanantapuram
Mumbai-Bhubaneswar
Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam
Bhubbaneswar-Mumbai
Nagpur-Mumbai
Madras-New Delhi
Thiruvanthapuram-New Delhi
Chennai-Ahemadabad
Bangalore-Patna
Mumbai-Nagpur
Bangalore-Nizamuddin
Yesvantpur-Nizamuddin

Rescheduled trains:
New Delhi-Hyderabad
Patna-Secunderabad
Hyderabad-Chennai
Secunderabad-Tirupati
Secunderabad-Howrah
Hyderabad-New Delhi
Hyderabad-Chennai
Nanded-Bangalore-Hampi
Kacheguda-Bangalore
Kacheguda-Chennai-Egmore.

Movement of trains affected in the following sections:
Secunderabad-Kazipet
Wadi-Secunderabad
Vikarabad-Parli
Nadikude-Bibinagar
Mudkhed-Secunderabad
Vijayawada-Kazipet-Ballarshah
Dhone-Secunderabad