On Thursday night, Naxalites detonated an IED near a rail bridge between Derwan and Posoita stations on the Chakradharpur rail division, disrupting train operations on the Howrah-Mumbai main line. The explosion damaged the third rail line, affecting seven meters of track and overhead equipment. This incident occurred about 90 minutes before...
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the Maoist-called 'Bharat Bandh'. The railway authorities suspended train operations as a precaution after the incident. The damaged track was repaired by the engineering department with assistance from the RPF Bomb Disposal Squad. After a ten-hour delay, train operations resumed on both the up and down lines around 8 am on Friday. The Tata-Bilaspur Express narrowly avoided the blast by dragging a banner placed by Naxalites near the site. Several trains including the 18006 Jagdalpur-Howrah Sambaleshwari Express, 12905 Porbandar-Shalimar Express, 18110 Sambalpur Express, and 18030 Shalimar Kurla Express were stranded due to the incident.