Cyclone Dana's Impact: Transportation Resumes as Weather Improves

After Cyclone Dana's landfall, flight and train services in Bhubaneswar resumed, with the first flight arriving around 9 am. The East Coast Railway restarted trains except for earlier cancelled ones. The cyclone weakened post-landfall and continued moving northwest, allowing transport services to resume operations.

Transportation services in Bhubaneswar resumed on Friday morning, following the disruption caused by Cyclone Dana. Flights have begun landing at Biju Patnaik International Airport since 9 am, marking the end of the operational suspension initiated on October 24. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi confirmed the resumption to reporters.

The East Coast Railway has also restarted train operations in its jurisdiction, with trains from Visakhapatnam, Howrah, and Kharagpur making their way to Bhubaneswar. The ECoR had preemptively cancelled 203 trains due to Dana's landfall but is now resuming services, barring the previously cancelled trains.

The cyclone weakened on Friday morning, completing its landfall process in about eight and a half hours, according to the IMD. Initial high-speed winds of 110 kmph subsided, allowing for the resumption of transport services in and around Odisha.

(With inputs from agencies.)