Kolkata, Jul 24 (PTI) The Eastern and South Eastern Railway cancelled some special trains originating from Howrah and also arriving here on July 25 owing to complete lockdown announced by the West Bengal government, officials said on Friday.

The 02023 Howrah-Patna and 02024 Patna-Howrah specials will remain cancelled on Saturday, an Eastern Railway official said.

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The South Eastern Railway cancelled the 02074 Bhubaneswar-Howrah and 02073 Howrah- Bhubaneswar special trains on July 25 and July 29 owing to the twice a week statewide lockdown, an SER official said.

The SER also cancelled 02021 HowrahBarbil superfast special train and the 02022 BarbilHowrah superfast special train on July 25 and July 29.

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To control the spread of the coronavirus, the state government ordered a lockdown on July 23 and 25 during the present week and announced July 29 in the next week.

It said that further lockdown dates would be announced later. PTI AMR SOM SOM 07242326 NNNNown to us,” Yurchenko said in a statement.

“World Athletics unfortunately is refusing to take into account the economic and epidemiological situation and the damage which has been wrought by the pandemic in Russia and the wider world," he said Thursday.

The fine was imposed in March over a case involving allegedly forged medical documents to give an athlete an alibi for not being available for drug testing, under Yurchenko's predecessor Dmitry Shlyakhtin.

On behalf of the federation, Yurchenko in March admitted charges that it broke anti-doping rules in that case. Disciplinary charges filed against Shlyakhtin and six other people by the Athletics Integrity Unit remain unresolved.

When World Athletics issued the fine in March, Yurchenko pledged that the federation, known as RusAF, would make every effort to pay. He later said it could not afford the payments.

RusAF itself has been under suspension from World Athletics since 2015 over widespread doping. That forces its athletes to register for neutral status to compete outside their home country. (AP)

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