On Sunday, GRP recovered the body of Raju, a young man from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, near Pradhankhunta railway station. Raju had come to Pradhankhunta Bediatola on Saturday to drop off his wife, Parul Devi, at her parents' house. An argument with his in-laws led to his death. He left his...
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in-laws' house around 5 PM and went to a shop near Pradhankhunta gate, where he had an altercation with his brother-in-law. His body was found near Pradhankhunta station at 9 PM. His family arrived from Banda. After an autopsy, the GRP handed over the body to his family. Raju had married Parul, daughter of Dhananjay Bediya, just two months ago in Pradhankhunta Bediatola. Raju's in-laws have been missing since the incident. The station in-charge, Ashish Bharti, stated that he has no information about the case.

A near-miss accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the Dhanbad-Bankura MEMU train narrowly avoided a collision with a goods train near the Pradhankhunta-Rakshitpur stations in the Dhanbad railway division. The MEMU train, scheduled to stop at the home signal, overshot it and proceeded onto the same track as the approaching goods...
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train. Railway personnel alerted the MEMU driver, who stopped the train after crossing the home signal. The MEMU driver and guard have been suspended pending an investigation. The MEMU departed Dhanbad at 2:25 PM, while the goods train originated from Sindri. The goods train was supposed to travel from Rakshitpur to Pradhankhunta and then onto the Dhanbad-Howrah main line. The incident caused a stir within the railway department, with senior officials ordering the MEMU driver and guard to be relieved at Rakshitpur and their subsequent suspension. The driver and guard, both belonging to the Adra Railway Division under the South Eastern Railway, are subject to medical examinations and other procedures. Major charge sheets have been issued against them. The Dhanbad railway division has notified the Adra Railway Division about the incident.

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...
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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.

On Monday morning, a 24-year-old man named Vishal Anand, arrived at the Dokra Block Halt on the Dhanbad-Pradhankhunta railway line in a four-wheeler. He then jumped in front of the Sindri-Dhanbad passenger train, committing suicide. The incident occurred around 9:30 AM near pole number 265/3, approximately half a kilometer east of...
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the Dokra Block Halt up line. According to eyewitnesses, Vishal Anand arrived at Dokra Block Halt in a white I-20 car and jumped in front of the approaching Dhanbad-Sindri passenger train. His body was dismembered, and he died instantly. It is reported that Vishal Anand was a cement businessman and had a wife and a one-and-a-half-year-old son. His wife Ria Mandal and other family members are devastated by the incident. The GRP has taken possession of the body and sent it to SNMMCH for postmortem. The reason behind his suicide is currently under investigation.

The 25 kilometer long Tankuppa-Pahadpur-Gurpa rail section in the Dhanbad railway division has been equipped with an automatic block signaling system. This section is part of a larger 204 kilometer project extending from Pradhankhunta to Manpur, costing approximately 202 crore rupees. The traditional absolute automatic block signaling system uses signals placed...
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every kilometer between stations, ensuring safe train movement by alerting trailing trains in case of technical issues. The new system allows for closer train spacing, potentially increasing both speed and frequency of trains. It also provides real-time location information for each train.