A 66-year-old man, Ashok Das, was found dead in the toilet of a Madhupur-Giridih passenger train. The train had been parked in the Madhupur loco yard for maintenance since Wednesday. The body, which had started to decompose, was discovered on Saturday by maintenance workers who reported a foul smell coming from...
more...

the train. The deceased, who was a resident of Manaiatand, Dhanbad, was on his way to visit his sister-in-law in Giridih. His family identified him based on a newspaper report and his belongings. The toilet door was locked from the inside and had to be broken open to retrieve the body.

The construction of a railway bypass in Madhupur is progressing rapidly. The Railway Ministry has approved the construction of the bypass to enhance train connectivity in Madhupur. Land in 9 villages, including Narayanpur, Patharia, Sapha, Gardia, and Patwabad, has been identified for acquisition. After land acquisition is completed, tenders will be...
more...

issued and the laying of railway lines will begin. The Railway Ministry has issued a notification regarding land acquisition. Trains arriving from Koderma-Giridih will bypass Madhupur and directly proceed to Jasidih, saving time for passengers. The initiation of the bypass construction process in Madhupur has been welcomed by locals.

The budget allocated Rs. 10 crore for the Dhanbad-Ispatnagar line, a part of the Dhanbad-Chandrapura line, which is being constructed as a 'Y' connection at Tetulmari, Nichitpur, Matari, Telo, Dhanbad, and Ispatnagar. This project, worth Rs. 478.37 crore, will complete the 43.8 km Dhanbad-Chandrapura alternative line. Other projects funded include...
more...

the Giridih-Koderma (102.5 km), Koderma-Ranchi (189 km), Koderma-Tilaiya (86 km), Parsnath-Madhuban-Giridih (49 km), and Dhanbad-Chandrapura-Tund-Nichitpur (25.81 km) new lines. The budget also allocated funds for doubling the Garhwa Road-Ramna, Dania-Ranchi Road (partial), Ranchi Road-Patratu (31 km), Dhanbad-Sonnagar (291 km) lines, and for constructing a third line between Dhanbad and Sonnagar. Further, funds were allocated for constructing a flyover for down trains in Gomoh, a rail-over-rail bridge between Garhwa Road and Ramna, and a bridge over level crossings in Tetulmari, Gomoh, and Khanudih. A bridge over level crossing 20 at Keswari, replacing the existing gate, is also part of the project. Additionally, funds were allocated for the construction of a bridge over level crossing number 1 between Katrasgarh and Nichitpur, and for the doubling of the Chandrapura-Jamuniatand line, along with multi-tracking between Sonnagar and Andal, and construction of a three-kilometer marshalling yard at Sindri.

The long-awaited demand for a halt station at Sijua, located between Maheshmunda and Krishna Vallabh Sहाय (Fuljouri Halt) on the Giridih-Madhupur railway line, has been met. This has brought joy to the residents of Gandey and Bengaabad, as well as local villagers and political party workers. Union Minister for Women and...
more...

Child Development and Kodarma MP, Annapurnа Devi, took the initiative to get the approval from Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for the halt construction. This comes after years of demand by the villagers, who started their campaign in 1980. The demand gained momentum with the formation of the Sijua Halt Construction Struggle Committee, which even resorted to blocking railway tracks in 1996 and 2014. The approval will directly benefit the residents of over a dozen villages in the Bengaabad and Gandey blocks, including Sijua, Naitand, Shivrajpur, Navadih, Virajpur, Gopalpur, Pratapgarh, Pandnatand, Mahuataand, Godlitand, Charghara, Goradih, Gadi, and Kundlohari.