On Thursday, the Principal Chief Safety Officer of South Eastern Railway, Pradeep Kumar, conducted a safety audit of the Hatia-Muri rail section. The inspection included a check of level crossings on the Silli-Muri section, crew lobbies and running rooms at Muri station, and facilities for crew and guards. The audit also...
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covered AC rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian kitchens, toilets, bathrooms, running room registers, and complaint books. Following this, a technical inspection was carried out on the Gautamdhara-Ganga Ghat section, Tatisilwai station and yard point, crossings, and the Tatisilwai-Namkum stretch. Instructions were given to ensure vigilance in train operations. Present at the site were ADRM Manish Kumar, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer Piyush Gupta, Transport Manager Basant Sharma, Chief Signal Engineer Gaurav Singh, SC Chaudhary, Divisional Safety Officer N. Srinivasan, Shreya Singh, and others. In terms of passenger convenience, the coach composition of two pairs of trains operating through Ranchi Railway Division has been altered. The Hyderabad-Raxul Express, starting from November 14th, will consist of 22 coaches, including a generator car, an SLRD, four general class coaches, seven second class sleeper coaches, six ST three-tier coaches, two AC two-tier coaches, and a VPH coach. The Raxul-Hyderabad Express will have the same coach composition starting from November 17th. Due to development work on the Muri-Chandil section under the Ranchi Railway Division of South Eastern Railway, a mega block will be implemented on November 14th. As a result, the Tata Nagar-Barkakana-Tata Nagar MEMU Passenger via Muri and the Tata Nagar-Hatia-Tata Nagar MEMU Special trains will be canceled on that date.

A 12th-grade student, Krish Kumar Shandilya, committed suicide by standing in front of the Shatabdi Express near Sakhetoli Aragate in the Tatisilwai police station area. The incident occurred on Monday at 12:00 PM. Krish, the son of Prafulla Kumar Shandilya, a resident of Tatisilwai Dol Bagicha, was studying science and was...
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the only son of his parents. He had a sister studying in Delhi. Eyewitnesses reported that Krish reached the spot alone and stood on the railway track despite the train driver's warnings. He was hit by the train and died at the scene. Krish's parents and the school principal were informed about the incident. Krish's father is a bank employee in Gomia, and Krish's mother is said to have fainted multiple times after hearing the news. The school principal, Joel Edwin, described Krish as a bright student who excelled in his studies. He was wearing his school uniform but had not attended school that day.

The Amrit Bharat Station scheme in the Ranchi Railway Division is behind schedule. While the work is progressing at a rapid pace at Ranchi, Namkum, Tatisilwai, Lohardaga, and Ramgarh stations, the rest are only 40-50% complete. The deadline for the work is March 2025. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the...
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project in February 2024. The scheme is meant to revamp the stations of Balasiring, Govindpur Road, Orga, Tulin, Piska, Bano, Gangaghat, Tatisilwai, Silli, Ramgarh Cantt, Suisa, Namkum, Muri, Jhalida, Lohardaga, Ranchi, and Hatia. Work is progressing rapidly at Ranchi station, focusing on the southern section, including a second entrance, ticket office, parking, and approach road, with the main building yet to be started. At Namkum, the work is focused on platform sheds, waiting rooms, toilets, widening of the entrance, and beautification of the building, with a goods train shed also under construction. The Piska Yard work is yet to commence, with a survey in progress for the Lodhma-Piska bypass line. The Lodhma approach road is complete, and the station building is ready, awaiting internal finishing. In Lohardaga, significant progress has been made in developmental work, especially for passenger facilities, as this line connects to the Tori line, anticipating higher train traffic in the future. A new ramp has been built, replacing the old one, and goods shed and approach road work are in progress. Ramgarh Cantt, also part of the scheme, has seen the completion of a new waiting room replacing the old one, along with extensive electrical work.