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Cyclone ‘Montha’ Prompts Train Service Changes and High Alert Along East Coast
With Cyclone Montha intensifying over the Bay of Bengal, precautionary measures have been initiated. Several trains between Rayagada and Jagdalpur stand cancelled or short-terminated on 28th October 2025 as per IMD’s cyclone warning.
Cyclone Montha is currently forming over the Bay of Bengal, which is expected to make landfall along the east coast of India. It began as a low-pressure system and has now been upgraded by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) into a “cyclonic storm” and is expected to further intensify into a “severe cyclonic storm”. Precautionary measures have been put in place across the state high alert have been issued.
- The train No. 18005 Howrah- Jagdalpur Samaleswari express leaving Howrah on 27.10.2025 will be short terminated at Rayagada and will return as 18006 from Rayagada to Howrah on 28.10.2025. Hence there will be no service of this train between Rayagada and Jagadalpur on 28.10.2025
- The train No. 18448 Hirakhand express will start from Rayagada to Bhubaneswar instead of Jagdalpur on 28.10.2025. Hence there will be no service of this train between Rayagada and Jagadalpur on 28.10.2025
- The train No. 18108 Intercity express will start from Rayagada to Rourkela on 28.10.2025 instead of Jagdalpur. Hence there will no service of this train between Rayagada and Jagadalpur on 28.10.2025.
- Track Montha:- https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=13.15,84.03,5z
