# Railway track sinks in Odisha, trains cancelled after heavy rain 2026-08-17T04:55:35+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Around 50 metres of railway track sank near Sungadia in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Monday after heavy rain washed away the soil beneath it. The incident disrupted train services on the Baripada-Bangiriposi route, with several trains cancelled. According to Odishatv.in, cancelled services include the Bangriposi-Bhubaneswar Superfast and the Bhanjpur-Rupsa MEMU trains. The New Indian Express reported that the damage was detected late Sunday night during the movement of a DMU train, after the Puri-Bangiriposi Superfast Express had passed through. A South Eastern Railway official confirmed a landslide between Betnoti and Bhanjpur, and said restoration work was underway. Railway officials have started repair work since Sunday midnight, carrying soil and concrete to fix the track. Train services are likely to resume after the track is declared safe, the official said. ## Coverage - odishatv.in - newindianexpress.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T08:32:40+00:00. Tags: Baripada, East Coast Railway, Mayurbhanj, Odisha Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/baripada-rail-track-sinks-several-trains-cancelled-after-heavy-rain/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/baripada-rail-track-sinks-several-trains-cancelled-after-heavy-rain/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/