Cyclone Nisarga: Railways reschedules Mumbai-bound and -origin trains; full list here

As Maharashtra and Gujarat braces for severe cyclonic storm Nisarga, Central Railway has rescheduled, diverted and regulated some trains from and to Mumbai. Nisarga is set to make a landfall at Alibaug in Maharashtra on Wednesday afteron, as per IMD. In a statement, Central railways anunced that five special trains departing from Mumbai have been rescheduled and three special trains will be eir diverted or regulated enroute.

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Here are changes: 

1. LTT-Gorakhpur Special will depart at 8 pm instead of 11.10 am.
    
2. LTT-Thiruvananthapuram Special at 6 pm instead of 11.40 am.
    
3. LTT-Darbhanga Special at 8.30 pm instead of 12.15 pm.
    
4. LTT-Varanasi Special will depart at 9 pm instead of 12.40 pm.
    
5. CSMT-Bhubaneswar Special will depart from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at 8 pm instead of 3.05 pm.
    
6. Patna-LTT Special scheduled to arrive at 11.30 am will be regulated enroute and arrive behind schedule.
    
7. Varanasi-CSMT Special scheduled to arrive at 2.15 pm on Wednesday will be regulated enroute and arrive behind schedule.
    
8. Thiruvananthapuram-LTT Special scheduled to arrive 4.40pm will be diverted via Pune to arrive at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) behind schedule.
    
9. According to Konkan Railway, it has diverted Ernakulam H. Nizamuddin Special and Thiruvananthapuram Central-LTT Special trains, which departed on June 2, via Madgaon Junction-Londa-Miraj-Pune-Manmad route.
    
10. Delhi Thiruvananthapuram Central Special, dated June 2, has also been diverted via Surat-Vasai Road- Kalyan-Miraj-Londa-Madgaon route.

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7:10am Update by IMD

7:10am bulletin by India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday morning states that severe cyclone storm Nisarga lay centred at 6.30 AM over east-central Arabian sea. It is currently 155 km south-southwest of Alibaug, 200 km south-southwest of Mumbai, 425 km south-southwest of Surat in Gujarat. intensity near Centre as per IMD is 85-95 kmph gusting to 105 kmph.

As per Skymet Wear's Founder and MD Jatin Singh, at about 8:15 am, Cyclone Nisarga had moved to within 150 km of Mumbai.

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BMC's advisory

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued do's and don'ts for people to follow as city braces for Cyclone.  Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted low lying areas in Mumbai to be impacted by tidal wave along with winds up to 110 KMPH and eight NDRF teams have been employed in city. 

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