The 101 kilometer doubling work under the Hatia-Bandomunda doubling project has been completed. This includes the transformation of 10 stations: Balsiring, Lodma, Karra, Govindpur, Bakspur, Pokla, Pakra, Kurkura, Mahabuang, and Bano. Work on Kanrwa, Tati, and Orga stations is in its final phase. The doubling project was completed over the past...
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financial year with 24 kilometers added. Several stations are being developed under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme, including the Lodma-Piska link, which will allow trains from Lodma to directly access Piska station without passing through Hatia. This will reduce traffic at Hatia and allow goods trains to directly travel from Lodma to Piska. Bakspur and Kurkura stations, previously lacking basic amenities, have been upgraded with new three-story buildings, seating areas, ticket counters, toilets, foot-over bridges, and porticoes. The stations are also accessible to disabled individuals. Pokla and Pakra stations are now three-story buildings with improved facilities for passengers. Bano station boasts a lift, waiting hall, station building, platform shade, toilets, and ticket counter. Work on Kanrwa and Tati stations is almost complete while work on Parbatonia and Orga stations is in progress and expected to be finished by the end of the year.

A young teacher named Abhishek Lugun, a resident of Shanti Nagar, Torpa, was found dead on Thursday morning near the northern cabin of Pokla railway station on the Hatia-Rourkela rail line. He was a physical education teacher at St. Joseph's High School in Torpa. His father has a photo copy shop...
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near the Torpa block office gate. He was unmarried and a member of the Khunti District Football Association. He left home on his scooter on Thursday morning and there were no reports of any arguments at home. The railway police, after being informed, immediately informed the Kamdara police who then recovered the body and sent it to Gumla Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. His scooter was found about 1 km away from the scene, leading police to suspect suicide. The Kamdara police are investigating the case further.