Railways Establish 9 Dedicated War Rooms for Swift Restoration of Services Amid Cyclone Dana

Nine round-the-clock Dedicated war rooms will be established to promptly restore rail services amid a red alert along the east coast in the wake of Cyclone Dana. The decision was taken in the meeting chaired by the Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to review the preparedness by the concerned Zonal Railways. The Minister has instructed to ensure maximum preparedness with minimal disruption. He also advised that care must be taken to ensure minimum inconvenience to passengers.

According to the Railways, these nine war rooms will be established at Bhubaneswar, Garden Reach, Divisional offices of Khurda Road, Visakhapatnam, Sambalpur, Chakradharpur, Adra, Ranchi, Kharagpur, and Balasore. War room and emergency control rooms are operational with 20



satellite phones for uninterrupted communication. Specialised teams are positioned for the swift restoration of tracks, signalling systems, and electrification. 

Medical teams with adequate medicines are deployed at various places to tackle any emergency. Adequate food arrangements have been made, including baby food at all important stations.