Angul: Commuters faced hardship after Puri-Hatia Tapaswini Express was delayed by more than six hours today due to some technical snag. The express train which halted at Angul Railway station for over 3 hours late last night was also stranded at Bamur station today for more than 3 hours before departing.
Ex-Union Minister and BJP MP Jual Oram, who was present in the train along with RSS Kshetra Sampark Pramukh PK Mishra, urged Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to ask the authorities to immediately act and restore the train services.
After repair work, the train service resumed later in the day. Speaking about the snag, Chief Public Relation Officer of Railways said, "Smoke was emanating from the engine so we stopped the train at Bamur. The engine has come from Bhilai. Strict action will be taken if anyone is found responsible for the snag."