Seven Railway Police Posts (RPPs) under the Muzaffarpur Railway District have been upgraded to police stations, effective Thursday, March 21, 2024. The decision was made by the Home Department (Police Branch) to enhance law and order maintenance, control crime, and improve security. The RPPs upgraded to police stations are Hajipur, Thawe,...
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Chhapra Kacheri, Hasanpur, Bettiah, Jaynagar, and Sitamarhi. These RPPs were operational earlier and have been upgraded to function as independent police stations. This decision was taken based on instructions from the Home Department and the ADG office of the Railway Police.

To accommodate the anticipated surge in passengers during Holi, the Indian Railways is adding extra coaches to several trains operating between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Tata Nagar-Ara Express will have extra coaches until May 1st, due to heavy waiting lists from March 20th to Holi. Similarly, additional coaches will be...
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added to the Ranchi-Ara and Godda Express trains until May 2nd. The Tata Nagar railway's commercial department is monitoring the waiting lists on other trains like the Tata Nagar-Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh Express, Tata Nagar-Jammu Express, Tata Nagar-Katihar Express, and Tata Nagar-Chhapra Express. These trains may also get extra coaches to reduce waiting lists. The waiting list for sleeper and third AC classes on trains departing Tata Nagar towards Mumbai, Delhi, and South India has already reached 39 to 82, leading to the possibility of additional coaches on trains departing from Howrah towards Mumbai, Pune, Jagdalpur, and Katambaaji. The railway is also running special trains from Tata Nagar to Patna, Chhapra, Darbhanga, and other destinations to accommodate the expected holiday rush. The railway zone and division are continuously monitoring ticket bookings across all classes.

The Railway Police Headquarters in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, has upgraded seven railway police stations from Sub-Inspector to Inspector rank. This change aims to expedite case processing, especially for 'non-serious' cases. The upgraded stations are Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Narkatiaganj, Raxaul, Siwan, and Chhapra. The new Inspector-rank officers have been appointed to these stations....
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Additionally, several other railway officers have been assigned new roles across the district.

The Rourkela Development Steering Committee (RDSC) has welcomed the extension of the Gorakhpur-Hatia Maurya Express train to Sambalpur. They thanked the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Sundargarh MP Joel Oraon for this decision. The RDSC also requested that the train's operation be expedited and a date...
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be set for its launch. The RDSC also requested that the state government allocate the 6,000 acres of land returned by SAIL to the Railways for setting up a coach factory in Bondamunda, which would create jobs for locals. Other requests include a stop for Duronto Express in Rourkela and extension of the Thawe-Tata Express to Rourkela.

The North Indian Coordination Committee in Rourkela expressed happiness over the extension of the Maurya Express to Sambalpur via Rourkela. They believe the extension will benefit North Indians living in Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Brajrajnagar, Rourkela, and Rajgangpur. The committee also requested the extension of the Thawe-Tata train to Rourkela. MP Joel Uranv...
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assured them of conveying their demands to the Railway Minister.