{"id":3831,"date":"2026-10-27T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:05:26","slug":"cyclone-arnab-disrupts-odisha-schools-shut-in-four-districts-eight-trains-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/?p=3831","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone Arnab Disrupts Odisha: Schools Shut in Four Districts, Eight Trains Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bhubaneswar<\/strong> ;\u00a0The approaching Cyclone Arnab has disrupted educational and railway services in Odisha, prompting authorities to close schools and Anganwadi centres in four districts and cancel eight train services as a precautionary measure. The movement of the Hirakhand Express has also been curtailed, with the train operating only up to Rayagada instead of its usual destination. Schools and Anganwadi centres in Nabarangpur and Rayagada districts will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 27 and 28, while educational institutions in Koraput and Ganjam will remain shut from October 27 to 29 in view of the anticipated impact of the cyclone. The respective district Collectors have announced the closures, directing teachers and other staff members to remain present as required.<\/p>\n<p>The Railways has cancelled eight train services owing to the cyclone-related situation. The affected services include the Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Night Express, Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Passenger, Koraput\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger, Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Intercity Express and Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Passenger. The Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Night Express (18515 and 18516) will remain cancelled in both directions from October 29 to November 4. The Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Passenger (58538) has been cancelled from October 27 to 30, while its return service, the Koraput\u2013Visakhapatnam Passenger (58537), will remain cancelled from October 28 to 31. The Visakhapatnam\u2013Koraput Intercity Express (18512) will not operate on October 30, and its return service (18511) will be cancelled on October 31. The Visakhapatnam\u2013Kirandul Passenger (58501) and its return service (58502) will remain cancelled from October 27 to 30. Authorities have advised passengers to check the latest railway announcements before commencing their journeys. The precautionary measures aim to minimise inconvenience and ensure public safety amid the developing cyclone situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar ;\u00a0The approaching Cyclone Arnab has disrupted educational and railway services in Odisha, prompting authorities to close schools and Anganwadi centres in four districts and cancel eight train services as a precautionary measure. The movement of the Hirakhand Express has also been curtailed, with the train operating only up to Rayagada instead of its usual &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/binayaknews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}