The Indian Railways is planning to demolish 167 houses in Meja and Karachna tehsils to make way for a proposed third railway line between Prayagraj and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction. The owners of these houses have been given compensation, but they refuse to vacate. The railway has issued final notices...
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and is now preparing to use bulldozers to clear the land. The work on the third line between Prayagraj Junction and Karachna is already underway but has been stalled for several months due to the land acquisition issue. The project is deemed important for the upcoming Kumbh Mela and has been allocated funds in the 2024-25 rail budget. The railway has contacted the district administration for permission to use bulldozers and is awaiting their approval.

There have been a series of incidents where sabotage attempts have been made on train tracks in Uttar Pradesh. After incidents in Ghazipur, Kanpur, and Rampur, now in Prayagraj's Karachna, miscreants have placed a stone on the railway track of the freight corridor. A freight train collided with this stone. The...
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loco pilot informed the officers about the incident, following which the RPF team from Shivki reached the spot. They found a stone weighing about 3 kg at the site. Two days earlier, a 7-meter-long old telecom iron pillar was found placed on the 43/10-11 railway line near Bilaspur Road Rudrapur City station. Fortunately, it was spotted in time. The loco pilot of a train passing through the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in Prayagraj heard a sound of something colliding with the engine near kilometer number 271/42 between New Manauri and New Karachna. The RPF team was informed.

On Sunday morning, a gas cylinder was found on the railway track between Prayagraj and Kanpur on the Delhi-Howrah rail route, causing a stir. Fortunately, the loco pilot of a goods train passing through the track noticed the cylinder from a distance. He quickly applied the emergency brakes and stopped the...
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train, informing the control room. The incident happened near the Premnagar railway station around 6:00 AM. The goods train, JTTN, was traveling from Kanpur to Prayagraj. While on the loop line at Premnagar station, the loco pilot Dev Anand Gupta and assistant loco pilot C.B. Singh saw a gas cylinder on the track. They immediately applied emergency brakes and stopped the train before reaching the cylinder. The incident was reported to the control room and relevant departments.

In Uttar Pradesh, several incidents of attempts to derail trains have been reported across various districts. Now, a similar incident has occurred on the DFC line in Prayagraj. Miscreants placed a large stone on the railway track near the New Karachna station, causing a goods train traveling from New Manauri to...
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New Karachna to collide with the stone. Upon receiving information, the RPF team arrived at the scene. While the perpetrators fled, traces of the stone and its friction on the track were found. The incident occurred late Friday night. The driver of the goods train was startled by a sound of something colliding with the engine near kilometer number 271/42 between New Manauri and New Karachna. While the goods train passed safely, the incident was reported. The RPF team from Chivki reached the spot and found a large stone on the track. The stone was reportedly weighing 2.5 to 3 kilograms and showed signs of friction on one side. The track also displayed friction marks. Senior DSC of RPF, Vijay Prakash Pandit, confirmed the discovery of the stone on the track. He stated that the approximately 3 kg stone was found on the DFC line on September 20th. Finding a stone near the track is subject to investigation. The ATS reached Aligarh Junction for the first time on Saturday to address the security of rail lines and railway tracks. According to the ATS, this initiative was taken to prevent a recurrence of events occurring across the country. Security agencies and railway officials have expressed concerns about the possibility of train derailment conspiracies in Rampur, Gonda, Surat, Bihar, and Bengal. To prevent a recurrence of these incidents, the Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed the Anti-Terrorist Squad to strengthen local intelligence. In light of the incidents of sabotage on railway lines across the country, including Uttar Pradesh, the railway department has become vigilant. The Agra Railway Division has initiated the removal of scrap materials and stones along the railway tracks during the drive. Joint teams of railway and RPF personnel are involved in the removal of scrap. Scrap, including rail line pieces, stones, and sleepers found along the railway line, are being removed and stored in a safe location.

The Managing Director of the Freight Corridor, Praveen Kumar, visited Prayagraj for the first time after assuming his role. He emphasized the need to shift 100% of freight trains to the dedicated corridor and ensured that the signaling and overhead equipment are resilient to all weather conditions. During his inspection, he...
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expressed satisfaction with the train operations and encouraged the North Central Railway to expedite the transition of all freight trains to the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. He also emphasized the importance of attracting more business and suggested establishing new 'Gati Shakti' terminals at freight corridor stations.