CII ANDHRA PRADESH ORGANISES LOGISTICS CONFERENCE 2020 CII Andhra Pradesh is organising the Second Edition of Logistics Conference 2020 with the theme 'Economic Prosperity Through Logistics' on Friday, 27 November 2020 at 1000 hrs through Digital Platform. The conference would deliberate on ecosystem conducive for enhancing Logistic network, create opportunities and attract global players for setting up warehousing and distribution activities making Andhra Pradesh as a logistic hub in East Coast of India.

PARTIAL CANCELLATION OF TRAIN SERVICES DUE TO SEVERE CYCLONE NIVAR Due to severe cyclone Nivar, the following train services are partially cancelled as detailed below: The services of train No. 02898 Bhubaneswar-Pudecherry special express leaving Bhubaneswar on 24.11.2020 is cancelled between Chennai Egmore-Puducherry. The services of train No. 02897 Puducherry-Bhubaneswar special express leaving Puducherry on 25.11.2020 is cancelled between Puducherry- Chennai Egmore. The train No. 02868 Pudecherry-Howrah special express leaving Puducherry on 25.11.2020 is cancelled between Puducherry-Villupuram. TRAINS DIVERTED TO DUE TO TRAFFIC BLOCK In order to facilitate Non-Interlocking works related to doubling of the track and Yard remodeling between Nallapadu - Perecherla stations on Guntur-Guntakal section in South Central Railway, the following newly announced special trains are diverted as detailed below:- Diversion of Special Trains: The train No. 02703 Howrah - Secunderabad special express leaving Howrah from 28.11.2020 to 07.12.2020 will run in diverted route via Vijayawada, Kazipet, Secunderabad instead of its existing route Vijayawada-Guntur-Nadikude-Secunderabad The train No. 02704 Secunderabad-Howrah special express leaving Secunderabad from 29.11.2020 to 08.12.2020 will run in diverted route via Secunderabad, Kazipet, Vijayawada instead of its existing route Secunderabad-Nadikude-Guntur-Vijayawada.

SPECIAL TRAINS TO CLEAR RUSH OF PASSENGERS Railways will operate additional special trains to clear rush of passengers. Train No. 02643/02644 Ernakulam - Patna - Ernakulam Bi-Weekly special train will leave Ernakulam at 17.15 hrs on Mondays and Tuesdays with effect from 23.11.2020 and arrive Patna at 20.00 hrs on the second day. In the return direction, the train will leave Patna at 14.00 hrs on Thursdays and Fridays with effect from 26.11.2020 and arrive Ernakulam at 16.00 hrs on the second day. En route, these special trains will stop at Aluva, Thrisur, Palghat, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Katpadi, Perambur, ongole, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam Road, Palasa, Berhampur, Balugan, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur K Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jalleswar, Hijilli, Midnapur, Bishnupur, Bankura, Adra, Asansol, Chittaranjan, Madhupur, Jasidih, Kiul, Mokameh, Bakhtiyarpur,Patna Saheb and Rajendra Nagar stations. These special trains will consist of AC II Tier, AC III Tier, and Sleeper Class and Reserved General Seating class coaches. Similarly, train No. 02659/02660 Nagercoil - Shalimar - Nagercoil Weekly Special Train will leave Nagercoil at 14.45 hrs on Sundays with effect from Sunday and arrive Shalimar at 11.55 hrs on the second day. In the return direction, the train will leave Shalimar at 23.50 hrs on Wednesdays with effect from November 25 and arrive in Nagercoil at 21.35 hrs on the second day. En route, these special trains will stop at Trivandrum, Varkala, Kollam, Kayankulam, Chengannur, Tiruvalla, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, Aluva, Thrisur, Palghat, Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Jolarpettai, Katpadi, Chittoor, Tirupati, Renigunta, Nellore, ongole, Chirala, Tenali, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry, Samalkot, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam Road, Palasa, Berhampur, Balugan, Khurda Road, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur K Road, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kharagpur and Santragachi stations in both the directions. Composition: These special trains will consist of AC II Tier, AC III Tier, Sleeper Class and Reserved General Seating class coaches. Also, train No. 02641/02642 Trivandrum - Shalimar - Trivandrum Bi-Weekly Special train will leave Trivandrum at 16.55 hrs on Thursdays and Saturdays with effect from Nov. 28 and arrive Shalimar at 11.55 hrs on the second day. In the return direction, it will leave Shalimar at 23.50 hrs on Sundays and Tuesdays with effect from December 1 and arrive in Trivandrum at 20.55 hrs on the second day. En route, these special trains will stop at Santragachi, Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur k Road, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Road, Berhampur, Palasa, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram Jn, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada Jn, Perambur, Katpadi Jn, Jolarpettai, Salem Jn, Erode Jn, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palghat, Thrisur, Aluva, Ernakulam Jn, Cherthala, Alappuzha, Amabalappuzha, Haripad, Kayakulam Jn, Kollam Jn and Thiruvanthapuram Petta stations. These special trains will consist of AC II Tier, AC III Tier, Sleeper and General second class coaches.

ECOR RUNS SPECIAL TRAINS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PASSENGERS In order to provide comfort journey to the travelling public and keeping in view the need of the daily local travelling passengers, East Coast Railway decided to run special trains over its jurisdiction with effect from 15.11.2020 as detailed below. 1.DAILY SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM-RAYAGADA The train No. 08508 Visakhapatnam-Rayagada special express train will leave Visakhapatnam daily at 16.50hrs with effect from 15.11.2020 which will reach Rayagada at 21.00hrs on the same day. In return direction the train No.08507 Rayagada-Visakhapatnam special express will leave Rayagada daily at 05.15hrs with effect from 16.11.2020 which will reach Visakhapatnam at 09.25hrs on the same day. 2.DAILY SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN BETWEEN VISAKHAPATNAM-PALASA The train No. 08532 Visakhapatnam-Palasa special express will leave Visakhapatnam daily at 18.35hrs with effect from 15.11.2020 which will reach Palasa at 23.30hrs on the same day In return direction the train No. 08531 Palasa-Visakhapatnam special express will leave Palasa daily at 05.25hrs with effect from 16.11.2020 which will reach Visakhapatnam at 10.00hrs on the same day. 3. DAILY SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN PALASA-BHUBANESWAR The train No. 08433 Bhubaneswar-Palasa special express will leave Bhubaneswar daily at 18.20hrs with effect from 15.11.2020 which will reach Palasa at 22.40hrs on the same day In return direction the train No. 08534 Palasa-Bhubaneswar special express will leave Palasa at 06.00hrs with effect from 16.11.2020 which will reach Bhubaneswar at 10.10hrs on the same day. 4.DAILY SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN RAYAGADA-SAMBALPUR The train No. 08301 Sambalpur-Rayagada special express train will leave Sambalpur at 06.05hrs with effect from 15.11.2020 which will reach Rayagada at 12.40hrs on the same day. In return direction the train No. 08302 Rayagada-Sambalpur express train will leave Rayagada at 14.05 hrs with effect from 15.11.2020 which will reach Sambalpur on the same day at 20.20hrs