Lock down Day No- 40
Video No- 40
Izzatnagar YDM-4 6531 in LHF mode hauling Meter Gauge 52249 Bahraich-Mailani Passenger trundles over the Saryu link canal bridge deep in the jungles of Katarnia Ghat Wildlife Sanctuary.
Tigers are frequently seen roaming in this part of the section. Couple of days back before I shot this video. The Level crossing gate-man spotted a tiger walking...
more... on this very bridge.
This section comes under Lucknow division of North Eastern Railways.
This meter gauge section runs close to the India-Nepal border. The line from Nanpara to Mailani was closed for gauge conversion to broad gauge on 16th February, 2020. But after the protests by the local travelers. The court lifted the decision of closing the line and it was opened again on 23rd March, 2020.
Since the nationwide lock down was announced on 25th March, 2020 and has been in place till date. The trains haven't started plying on the route yet. The section will be operational once Indian Railways resumes passenger services.
Video shot on 14th July, 2019.