In Jammu and Kashmir, the shuttle services of four trains that were introduced to help locals and stranded passengers travel between Jammu and Katra, the base camp of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, were suspended due to heavy rain and flooding on Wednesday. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the step was taken in view of heavy rains and flooding of the track. However, the scheduled train services from New Delhi to Katra have also been short-terminated.

These shuttle services, which started on September 1, were scheduled to run until September 15. Rail traffic in the Jammu railway division has been suspended for the past ten days due to misalignment and breaches caused by heavy rains and flash floods on August 26 in the Pathankot-Jammu section. However, the railways have been running special trains to ferry stranded passengers from Jammu to their destinations. Over the past four days, a total of 5 thousand 784 stranded passengers have been ferried in seven special trains. The pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine remained suspended for the tenth consecutive day today.