The budget allocated Rs. 10 crore for the Dhanbad-Ispatnagar line, a part of the Dhanbad-Chandrapura line, which is being constructed as a 'Y' connection at Tetulmari, Nichitpur, Matari, Telo, Dhanbad, and Ispatnagar. This project, worth Rs. 478.37 crore, will complete the 43.8 km Dhanbad-Chandrapura alternative line. Other projects funded include...
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the Giridih-Koderma (102.5 km), Koderma-Ranchi (189 km), Koderma-Tilaiya (86 km), Parsnath-Madhuban-Giridih (49 km), and Dhanbad-Chandrapura-Tund-Nichitpur (25.81 km) new lines. The budget also allocated funds for doubling the Garhwa Road-Ramna, Dania-Ranchi Road (partial), Ranchi Road-Patratu (31 km), Dhanbad-Sonnagar (291 km) lines, and for constructing a third line between Dhanbad and Sonnagar. Further, funds were allocated for constructing a flyover for down trains in Gomoh, a rail-over-rail bridge between Garhwa Road and Ramna, and a bridge over level crossings in Tetulmari, Gomoh, and Khanudih. A bridge over level crossing 20 at Keswari, replacing the existing gate, is also part of the project. Additionally, funds were allocated for the construction of a bridge over level crossing number 1 between Katrasgarh and Nichitpur, and for the doubling of the Chandrapura-Jamuniatand line, along with multi-tracking between Sonnagar and Andal, and construction of a three-kilometer marshalling yard at Sindri.

A safety seminar was held at the Diesel Loco Shed in Patratu on Friday. The seminar was attended by senior divisional mechanical engineer Omkar Sharan Singh and employees of the East Central Railway Employees Union. The seminar focused on safety procedures, particularly fire safety. Participants were trained on the use of...
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fire extinguishers and how to handle fires. Emphasis was placed on ensuring the isolation of 25000 KV OHE wires during electrical locomotive operations to prevent accidents. The seminar also included a demonstration on how to control fires using fire extinguishers.

A safety seminar was organized at the Diesel Loco Shed Patratu on Friday. The seminar was attended by Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer Omkar Sharan Singh, Branch Secretary of the East Central Railway Employees Union Patratu II Ajit Kumar, all employees, supervisors, section in-charges, and railway personnel. The seminar focused on safety...
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procedures, particularly fire safety. A demonstration was conducted on using fire extinguishers and a detailed explanation about their operation was provided. The seminar emphasized the importance of employees prioritizing their safety and the crucial role of section in-charges in ensuring that 25,000 kV OHE lines are completely isolated during electrical locomotive operations to prevent accidents. Additionally, participants were trained on how to control fires using fire extinguishers through a hands-on session. Several employees including Divisional Mechanical Engineer Sudhanshu Malik, Divisional Electrical Engineer Amit Kumar, Senior Engineers Omkar Chaudhary, Uma Kant Singh, Chandan Kumar, PK Verma, Nilesh Kumar Rai, Pravesh Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Mukteshwar Ohdar, Suman Singh, Mahesh Prasad Mehta, Sunil Kumar Singh, KK Singh, Vijay Kumar, Rakesh Ranjan, Ronnie Minj, Nitesh Kumar, Anil Kumar Yadav, Savita Devi, Sindhu Kumari, Babita, Babulal, Siyaram, Sanjeev, Alok, Vikas, and Amit were present at the seminar.

On Friday, railway employees at the Diesel Shed Patratu gate protested, led by Ajit Kumar, Branch Secretary of ECRKU Branch 2, demanding the implementation of the Old Pension Scheme and the abolition of the New Pension Scheme. They expressed hope that the central government will heed their demands and implement the...
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Old Pension Scheme. Among those present were Ajit Kumar, Omkar Chaudhary, Kush Chaudhary, Mithilesh Pandey, Rajesh Kumar, Shripati Sethi, Shyam Bihari Tiwari, Mazhar Ali, Ajit, Ajay, Manoj, Rajesh, Satish, Rakesh, Ashish, and Sanjay Kumar.