Inquiry report within a week

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JUNE 25. The sinking of one of the piers of the Kadalundi bridge, might be the reason for the derailment of the Mangalore-Chennai Mail near Kozhikode on Thursday, the Union Railway Minister, Mr. Nitish Kumar, said here today.

Talking to presspersons, the Minister said the accident was rather ``unfortunate'' as only two days ago officials conducted an inspection and found the bridge to be safe. There was no speed restriction on the bridge and it was not in a ``distress condition.'' The Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety would complete the inquiry and submit the report within a week. He hoped that the traffic on the section would be restored by the middle of next month.

Train services continued to be disrupted and the following will be the pattern of train services from June 25 to July 10.

The Mangalore-Jammu Tawi Express is partially cancelled between Shoranur and Mangalore in both directions.

The Nagercoil-Gandhidham Express is partially cancelled between Nagercoil and Mangalore. It will run between Mangalore and Gandhidham.

The Chennai Central-Mangalore Mail and the West Coast Express are partially cancelled between Shoranur and Mangalore on both directions.

The Tiruchi-Mangalore Express is partially cancelled between Palakkad and Kozhikode on both directions.

The Allepey Express is partially cancelled between Shoranur and Kannur in both the directions.

The Thiruvananthapuram Central-Mangalore Parasuram Express is partially cancelled between Thrissur and Kannur.

The Thiruvananthapuram Central-Cannanore Express is partially cancelled between Thrissur and Kannur in both the directions.

The Thiruvananthapuram Central-Mangalore Express is partially cancelled between Shoranur and Mangalore.

The Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Mangala Express will run via Shoranur, Podanur, Erode, Jolarpettai, Renigunta, Gudur, Nagpur and Itarsi.

The Thiruvananthapuram Central-Lokmanya Tilak Netravathi Express is diverted via Shoranur, Erode, Krishnarajapuram, Dharmavaram, Guntakkal, Wadi and Kalyan.

The Thiruvananthapuram Central-Hapa Express is diverted via Shoranur, Erode, Tirupattur, Krishnarajapuram, Dharmavaram, Guntakkal, Wadi, and Kalyan.

The Ernakulam-Rajkot/Okha Express is diverted via Shoranur, Erode, Tirupattur, Krishnarajapuram, Dharmavaram, Guntakkal, Wadi and Kalyan.

The Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Central Rajdhani Express will run via Jhansi, Nagpur, Vijayawada, Gudur, Renigunta, Jolarpettai, Shoranur, Ernakulam Town and Quilon.

The Ernakulam-Pune Holiday special scheduled to run from Kozhikode on June 26 is cancelled due to non-running of its pairing train.

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