The 101 kilometer doubling work under the Hatia-Bandomunda doubling project has been completed. This includes the transformation of 10 stations: Balsiring, Lodma, Karra, Govindpur, Bakspur, Pokla, Pakra, Kurkura, Mahabuang, and Bano. Work on Kanrwa, Tati, and Orga stations is in its final phase. The doubling project was completed over the past...
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financial year with 24 kilometers added. Several stations are being developed under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme, including the Lodma-Piska link, which will allow trains from Lodma to directly access Piska station without passing through Hatia. This will reduce traffic at Hatia and allow goods trains to directly travel from Lodma to Piska. Bakspur and Kurkura stations, previously lacking basic amenities, have been upgraded with new three-story buildings, seating areas, ticket counters, toilets, foot-over bridges, and porticoes. The stations are also accessible to disabled individuals. Pokla and Pakra stations are now three-story buildings with improved facilities for passengers. Bano station boasts a lift, waiting hall, station building, platform shade, toilets, and ticket counter. Work on Kanrwa and Tati stations is almost complete while work on Parbatonia and Orga stations is in progress and expected to be finished by the end of the year.

On Saturday evening at 4:30 PM, police discovered the body of an unidentified young man on the railway track near Sarlo village in the Jariagarh police station area. The police received information about the body and arrived at the scene to recover it. The man's leg was found 20 feet away...
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from his body, suggesting he was hit by a train. The police took possession of the body and sent it for a post-mortem examination before storing it in a mortuary. Investigations are underway to identify the deceased. The man is estimated to be around 32 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, and was wearing a green T-shirt, black half pants, and a white rubber band on his right hand.

On Tuesday, the police recovered the body of a 55-year-old woman near the Hatia-Rourkela railway track in Mahua Toli forest, Karra police station area. The deceased has been identified as Laxmi Devi, wife of Dughaga Nayak, residing in Lodhma Chanda Toli. Local villagers spotted the body on the railway track...
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around 1:30 PM on Tuesday and informed the police. The police conducted a panchnama and sent the body to the Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. The body was later handed over to the family.

A 32-year-old man, Taj Ahmed, died after falling from a train between Karra and Lodhma railway stations in Karra police station area. The incident occurred late Friday night. Ahmed was returning home to Bokaro from Bengaluru when he fell from the train, sustaining severe injuries to his head and waist. The...
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Karra police conducted a post-mortem on Saturday and handed over the body to his family.

A railway attendant, Afraz Khan, died after his bike was hit by an unknown vehicle near Bamraj bridge in Karra. The incident occurred on Friday evening. Khan was returning home from duty in Ranchi when a woman, Soni Devi, requested a lift. They were both taken to RIMS after the accident,...
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where Khan succumbed to his injuries. Soni Devi sustained a broken leg and hip.