Amit Pradhan, a resident of Biana village in Khunti district, was critically injured after falling from a moving train between Hesalbeda and Gangaghat railway stations. The incident occurred on Saturday at 11 AM while Amit was traveling on the Jammu Tawi train. He was asked by the TTE to move...
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from the sleeper to the general coach. While doing so, he lost his balance and fell from the train. He eventually reached the Bongaibeda Panchayat Secretariat and informed the Mukhiya Hirdu Uraon, Ashok Uraon, social worker Prem Nath Mahato, Bhuvan Mahato, and the Chowkidar Jagdish Mahato about the incident. He was then taken to RIMS by an ambulance. Amit sustained severe internal injuries.

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.

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.