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.

On Saturday evening at 4:30 PM, police discovered the body of an unidentified young man on the railway track near Sarlo village in the Jariagarh police station area. The police received information about the body and arrived at the scene to recover it. The man's leg was found 20 feet away...
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from his body, suggesting he was hit by a train. The police took possession of the body and sent it for a post-mortem examination before storing it in a mortuary. Investigations are underway to identify the deceased. The man is estimated to be around 32 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, and was wearing a green T-shirt, black half pants, and a white rubber band on his right hand.

On Tuesday, the police recovered the body of a 55-year-old woman near the Hatia-Rourkela railway track in Mahua Toli forest, Karra police station area. The deceased has been identified as Laxmi Devi, wife of Dughaga Nayak, residing in Lodhma Chanda Toli. Local villagers spotted the body on the railway track...
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around 1:30 PM on Tuesday and informed the police. The police conducted a panchnama and sent the body to the Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. The body was later handed over to the family.

On Monday, police recovered two bodies from railway tracks in Karra at two different locations. The first, a disfigured body, was found near Dehkela village in the Zariagadh police station area. The identity of the deceased could not be established. It is suspected that the young man died due to falling...
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from a moving train. The Zariagadh police station is investigating the case and has sent the body for postmortem. The second body was found near Govindpur station. The deceased was identified as Chandan Kumar Rawani, a resident of Shahrazam village in the Itkhori police station area of Chatra district. The Hatia GRP recovered the body and sent it to RIMS for postmortem. Chandan Kumar Rawani's head was severed from his body due to being hit by a train. The police identified the body through an Aadhaar card found in his pocket. The Itkhori police have been informed about the incident.

The water cooler at Karra railway station is out of order, causing inconvenience to passengers, particularly during the hot weather. The lack of a functional hand pump in the Karra Chowk area is also causing difficulties for shopkeepers and residents, who are forced to buy bottled water. A new water cooler...
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has been installed in front of the Karra Community Health Center, providing some relief to the people.