Jammu: Pilgrims who were headed to the Vaishno Devi shrine were stranded after the Katra-bound Shri Shakti Express train was stuck in the Udhampur district due to floods in Jammu and Kashmir. There are nearly 500 pilgrims, who left from Delhi, on the train.
Heavy rains and floods have led to suspension of trains and blocked national highways due to mudslides. Authorities say they have deployed teams and traffic movement will begin soon.
"We are stranded at the Udhampur railway station for the last 40 hours. We do not have any information as to whether the train will go ahead or take us back to Delhi," said a passenger.
"Railway authorities are not giving us any information neither are they helping. We are clueless, we do not know what to do. There are no facilities for the people stranded and the Railways are not taking any responsibility either," another passenger added.
The Shri Shakti Express train was started in July to facilitate the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi.
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