Maligaon (Assam) [India], October 31 (HBTV): A wagon of a goods train carrying food grains derailed near MUPA in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section in Assam's Maligaon on Thursday evening, affecting train services, a railway official said.

The incident occurred at 4:00 pm inside tunnel number 2 at KM 52/5.

"A wagon of a goods train carrying food grains derailed near MUPA in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section. Repair and restoration work is underway," said the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northeast Frontier Railway. Normal movement is expected to be restored soon. Senior railway officers from the Lumding division have proceeded to the site, the official said.

Due to the derailment, the following trains have been canceled:

Train No. 05628 (Agartala - Guwahati), journey starting on October 31

Train No. 05627 (Guwahati - Agartala), journey starting on November 1

Train No. 05698 (Guwahati - New Jalpaiguri), journey starting on October 31

Train No. 05697 (New Jalpaiguri - Guwahati), journey starting on November 1

Train No. 15611 (Rangiya - Silchar), journey starting on October 31

Train No. 15612 (Silchar - Rangiya), journey starting on October 31

Train No. 15617 (Guwahati - Dullabcherra), journey starting on November 1

Additionally, Train No. 15618 (Dullabcherra - Guwahati), journey starting on October 31, will remain partially canceled between New Haflong and Guwahati, the CPRO said.   

(ANI)