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Tree fall delays trains by more than 4 hours
Sakleshpur (Hassan dist): The rail traffic on Mangaluru-Yeshwantpur route was affected for more than four hours as a huge tree fell on the tracks between Sakleshpur and Subrahmanya Road stretch, near Shiravagilu in the taluk on Monday.
According to sources, a huge tree got uprooted and fell on the tracks around 12 noon. The Bengaluru-Karwar passenger train that left Sakleshpur station at 12 noon to Subrahmanya Road had to be stopped at Shiravagilu station for four hours. As there was no canteen or other...
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facilities at the station, the passengers had to face hardships. The Mangaluru-Yeshwantpur train that had to reach Sakleshpur at 1.15 pm was stopped at Subrahmanya Road.
Railway sources said the tree was removed and the rail traffic was cleared around 6 pm.