On Saturday night, 16 young women from Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh were found at Rajnandgaon railway station waiting for a train. They were reportedly being taken to Tamil Nadu or Bengaluru for work by Ugesh Chandrakar, a resident of Barghra Kunda. The RPF apprehended the women due to inconsistencies in their...
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accounts and their lack of knowledge about the job they were promised. The women had not been informed of the trip by their parents or the local police. The RPF also questioned Chandrakar, who could not provide satisfactory answers about the job details or the agency he was working with. Chandrakar was later released to his family. The women were sent to a Sakhi Center, and their parents were notified. 12 of the women were returned to their parents, while 4 remained in the care of the Kawardha team. The police are investigating the situation and are looking into Chandrakar's criminal history, which is currently clean.

The speed of trains running between Rajnandgaon and Nagpur will be increased to 160 km/h. This is being made possible by the completion of the third line between Durg and Nagpur, with only some sections in Gondia remaining. The fourth line between Durg and Dongargarh is also in progress, with surveying...
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completed and construction soon to begin. The increased speed will reduce travel time between Rajnandgaon and Nagpur from 3-3.5 hours to 1.5 hours, bringing relief to passengers facing delays in current train schedules. The construction of the fourth line between Bilaspur and Jharsuguda is also underway, with over 100 km of track already completed. The third line between Rajnandgaon and Kalmana, Nagpur is also being constructed, with 140 km completed.

Sharda Bai Verma, a 40-year-old resident of Gajmarra village near Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon district, went missing on April 30th. She had intended to travel to Durg to meet her son but mistakenly boarded a train to Mumbai instead. After reaching Mumbai, she contacted her family using a phone provided by...
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a stranger. Police, with the help of the women's helpline and Sakhi Center, located her in Mumbai and brought her back to Dongargarh on May 6th.

To accommodate the expected surge in passengers during the summer school holidays, the South East Central Railway (SECR) has introduced 58 special trains connecting key cities in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. These trains offer direct connections to destinations like Sambalpur, Puri, Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Patna, Hatia, Raxaul, Chhapra, Jabalpur, and...
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Madurai. Furthermore, the SECR has extended the route of the Durg-Chhapra and Durg-Patna summer specials to reach Gondia, providing direct connectivity to key cities in North India and Maharashtra. This extension also benefits residents of Durg, Rajnandgaon, and Dongargarh in Chhattisgarh, offering them an additional train service for travel to Gondia. Additionally, the SECR has introduced a special summer train service operating nine trips between Bilaspur and Yesvantpur starting from April 30th. This train provides an additional travel option for residents of Bilaspur, Bhatapara, Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, and Gondia heading towards South India. The SECR is also planning to operate 48 more special trains in May to ease the expected passenger rush during the summer holidays. The railway administration is prepared to further expand these services as needed, ensuring additional convenience for passengers during the summer vacation period.

Due to ongoing railway line upgrades in Chhattisgarh, several train routes have been blocked, leading to the cancellation of numerous trains and causing inconvenience to passengers. The work on automating the Sarona and Kuhai sections will affect 19 local trains for two days. Additionally, the construction of a third railway line...
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between Rajnandgaon and Kalamna, to be completed by April 30th, will disrupt several trains on the Howrah-Mumbai route. Some trains will be cancelled, while others will be terminated before reaching their destination. Passengers are facing difficulties due to these disruptions, with many local, passenger, and express trains being cancelled or rerouted.