A new base kitchen is being established in Dhanbad by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to provide fresh food and snacks on trains passing through Dhanbad station. The base kitchen, located in Barmasia Road Chiragoड़ा, will be inaugurated on July 15th. Initially, the base kitchen will cater to...
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premium trains and other mail/express trains passing through Dhanbad, including the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express and New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express. The base kitchen will be operated by RK Associates & Hoteliers Private Limited, which also manages base kitchens in other stations in Jharkhand. The facility has separate sections for vegetarian and non-vegetarian food preparation, as well as a dedicated section for parathas. The kitchen is air-conditioned and equipped with chimneys and hygiene facilities. The establishment of base kitchens is part of the Indian Railways' plan to eliminate pantry cars from trains, aiming to improve the quality and hygiene of food served to passengers. The base kitchen in Dhanbad will initially serve 12302 Howrah Rajdhani Express and 12314 Sealdah Rajdhani Express. Plans are in place to extend services to other trains like 13151 Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express, 12019-12020 Howrah-Ranchi-Howrah Shatabdi Express, 22317 Sealdah-Jammu Tawi Humsafar Express, 12260 Bikaner-Sealdah Duronto Express, 12379 Sealdah-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, and 12329 Sealdah-Anand Vihar West Bengal Sampark Kranti Express.

On Wednesday, a passenger named Amit Kumar Singh (31) from Dehri-on-Sone, Rohtas, died on the Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express. The RPF at Dhanbad received information that a man was unconscious in coach B4, seat number 42 of train number 12302, the New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express. Upon the train's arrival at Dhanbad station,...
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the RPF found the young man unconscious. The Railway Hospital was informed. Doctors at the hospital declared the young man dead upon arrival. No ticket was found on him. The TTE, Arjun Sharma, confirmed that a man named Amit Kumar was traveling from Gaya to Howrah. His family contacted him on his phone and identified him. They stated that he resided in Ward number 27, Biran Bigha, near Surya Mandir, Dehri-on-Sone, Rohtas. He was traveling to Howrah for work.

The Indian Railways has decided to temporarily add extra coaches to three Rajdhani Express trains running on the Howrah-Delhi route to cater to the increased demand for tickets during Holi. The Eastern Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer, Kaushik Mitra, stated that the railway has added extra coaches to six Rajdhani Express...
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trains running between Howrah and Delhi due to the heavy rush. Train number 12301/12302 Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express will have an additional AC 3-tier coach added, departing from Howrah on March 12 and New Delhi on March 13. Train number 12305/12306 Howrah-New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express, which travels via Patna-Jasidih route, will have an additional AC 3-tier coach added, departing from Howrah on March 17 and New Delhi on March 15. Meanwhile, train number 12313/12314 Sealdah-New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express will have an additional AC 2-tier coach added, departing from Sealdah on March 12 and New Delhi on March 13.