Pak-Iran rail service suspended after rains

16 Jul, 2021

CHAGHI: The Pak-Iran railway service was suspended after heavy rains in Chaghi, Balochistan on Thursday.

According to the Pakistan Railways officials, the track has been submerged in rainwater and the 10-km long track has been badly affected.

The officials say that it will take 3 to 4 days to restore the rain-affected railway track for the Pakistan-Iran rail service.

It is to be noted that heavy rains and floods have badly affected Balochistan’s Chaghi, people are trapped in several localities. The PDMA has dispatched 75,000 ration bags for the rain affectees of Chaghi.

Last month, the Pak-Iran rail service was suspended, when six wagons of a Quetta-bound freight train overturned near Dalbandin tehsil of Chaghi.

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