Bihar train news

समस्तीपुर : आनंद विहार से जयनगर जा रही गरीब रथ (12436) एक्सप्रेस बुधवार (14 जून) को 'द बर्निंग ट्रेन' होने से बची. अचानक ट्रेन की जी-3 बोगी के पिछले हिस्से में टॉयलेट की ओर आग लग गई. घटना बरौनी-समस्तीपुर रेलखंड के नाजीरगंज और दलसिंहसराय रेलवे स्टेशन के बीच जनकपुर गांव स्थित 39 नंबर रेलवे गुमटी के पास की है. इसी दौरान उस बोगी में सफर कर रहे यात्री ने बोगी के पीछे आग की तेज लपटों और धुएं को देखकर जंजीर खींचकर ट्रेन रोक दी. ट्रेन की बोगी में लगी आग को देखकर स्थानीय ग्रामीणों ने आनन फानन में बोरिंग चलाकर तो कोई बाल्टी में पानी लेकर ट्रेन की ओर दौड़ पड़ा. इधर ट्रेन की बोगी में लगी आग की सूचना पर दलसिंहसराय से अग्निशमन दस्ता की टीम के साथ रेल पुलिस मौके पर पहुंची. करीब दो घंटे की मशक्कत के बाद काबू पाया गया. इसके बाद आग लगी कोच जी-3 को ट्रेन से अलग कर दिया गया. वहीं अन्य बोगी को इंजन के पीछे से जोड़कर कोच में बिजली की आपूर्ति बहाल की गई तब जाकर यात्रियों को भीषण गर्मी से राहत मिली. बरौनी स्टेशन पर यात्रियों ने की थी शिकायत ट्रेन में यात्रा कर रहे राजा और वेद प्रकाश ने बताया कि उन्हें बोगी में स्पार्क जैसी बदबू आ रही थी. इसके बाद बरौनी स्टेशन पर इसकी शिकायत भी की लेकिन रेलवे ने उसे गंभीरता से नहीं लिया. घटना के कारण ट्रेन की बोगी में सफर कर रहे लोगों के बीच अफरा-तफरी मच गई. सफर कर रहे निशांत कुमार, गुड़िया देवी, देवेंद्र झा, अनिकेत, आरती देवी, अमित झा, सरोज महतो, रामपरी देवी समेत कई यात्री अपना सामान लेकर नीचे उतर गए और दूसरी बोगी में चले गए. इधर सूचना मिलने के बाद समस्तीपुर मंडल के डीआरएम आलोक अग्रवाल मौके पर पहुंचे. अन्य टीम भी पहुंची और जांच की. हालांकि इस घटना में किसी के हताहत...

An entire diesel engine was stolen part by part from a railway yard in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said on Friday. The thieves dug a tunnel to the yard and started stealing parts, slowly doing away with the entire engine that was brought there for repairs, they said. "Last week, a case was registered at the Barauni police station for the theft of a diesel engine brought for repairs to the Garhara yard. In the course of the investigation, three people were arrested," said P.S. Dubey, Inspector of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Muzaffarpur. Based on the information given by them during interrogation, searches were conducted at a scrap godown in the Prabhat Nagar area of Muzaffarpur district and 13 sacks full of train parts were found, he said. A search was on for the owner of the scrap godown, Mr. Dubey added. Recovered items include engine parts, wheels of vintage train engines and railway parts made of heavy iron. "They had dug a tunnel to the railway yard and through it, they used to carry the locomotive parts and other items in sacks," said Mr. Dubey. The gang was also involved in unbolting steel bridges and stealing their parts, he said. How to steal an iron bridge Last year, a railway engineer of the Samastipur loco diesel shed was suspended after he allegedly sold off an old steam engine kept on the Purnea court premises. The engineer had allegedly used a forged letter of the divisional mechanical engineer of Samastipur to sell the engine in connivance wit...

• The government • "I request students not to take the law into their hands. We will seriously address the grievances and concerns raised by them," the minister said and added that all Railway Recruitment Board chairmen have been asked to listen to the concerns of students, compile them and send them to the committee. "An email address has been set up for this purpose. The committee will go to different parts of the country and listen to grievances," he said. • Visuals from today's protest in Gaya showed a train engulfed in flames and firemen trying to put it out. A heavy contingent of police failed to control the protesters, who squatted on railway tracks, vandalised property, clashed with security forces and targeted several trains, severely affecting services. • The protests involve the Railway Recruitment Board's Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exam 2021. Students have opposed a decision by the Railways to hold the exam in two stages, claiming that the second stage is unfair to those who have cleared the first stage, results for which were released on January 15.Around 1.25 crore candidates had appliedfor the exams that had advertised over 35,000 posts from level 2 to level 6, with starting pay ranging from Rs 19,900 to Rs 35,400 per month. Around 60 lakh people appeared forthe exam. • The Railways has decided to suspend the testsafter the protests, a spokesperson said today. It has also formed a high-level committee to examine the grievances of those who h...

The Railways has decided to operate trains from 8pm on Saturday (June 18) to 4am on Sunday (19 June), and again between 8pm on Sunday and 8pm on Monday (20 June) in Bihar. The release stated the decision was made in view of the safety of passengers and “Railways property". See the revised timings here Over 60 trains cancelled and two terminated due to prevailing law and order problem and threat perception to railway property and passengers in Bihar: East Central Railway Bihar is one of the worst-affected states in the violent protests that emerged against the Over 60 coaches and seven locomotive engines were burnt on the first two days of the protest. All 38 districts of Bihar are on high alert since Saturday as RJD and armed force aspirants have called for a strike against the short-term contractual Indian defense forces recruitment scheme The state police headquarters in Bihar have called for boosting security measures at crucial installations and other public places during the strike. The state has also suspended internet services in 12 violence hit districts till 19 June. The districts include Nawada, Saran, Vaishali, West Champaran, Rohtas, Buxer, Aurangabad, Bhojpur, Kaimur, Lakhisarai, Begusarai and Samastipur. Despite the security arrangements, sporadic incidents of violence were reported in the eastern state on Saturday. More than a dozen vehicles parked outside Taregana GRP station were put on fire, besides railway premises, including the station master's cabin a...

The Bihar government on Thursday announced an ex gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the next kin of the 53 people from the State who died in the train accident in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2. Two hundred and eighty-eight people were killed when the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train, derailing most of its coaches at 7 p.m. on June 2. A few coaches of Coromandel toppled over the last few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by at the same time. According to a statement issued by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s office here on Thursday, the government has announced an ex gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the next kin of the 53 people from the State who died in the triple train accident. Besides, the Chief Minister also announced ₹50,000 to each injured passenger from the State. At least 53 people from different Bihar districts have died and 62 sustained injuries in the accident, according to the State Disaster Management Department (DMD). “A team of DMD is providing all assistance to the officials concerned of the Odisha government in ascertaining the identity of bodies of the unidentified passengers who died in the accident. DNA samples of the relatives of the deceased are also being taken on for further matching with the samples of the unidentified bodies. Several people from Bihar, who were on board the Coromandel Express, are still missing”, said the DMD’s latest statement. "The Bihar government has already sent a team of offic...

New Delhi: Train services were stopped in Bihar till 8 pm today and will be suspended again at 4 am tomorrow till 8 pm, authorities said, as the state continued to reel under the worst outbreak of violence over the 'Agnipath' military recruitment scheme. Here are the 10 latest developments in this story: • A railway station and a police vehicle were torched, and several policemen injured in stone-throwing as protesters tried to enforce a bandh, calling for a rollback of the new scheme for recruitment in the armed forces. • Over 350 trains were cancelled today across India as deadly violence by armed forces aspirants upset with the new programme continued in several states despite new assurances and concessions by the government. • The Home and Defence ministries promised new 10 per cent quotas each in jobs for 'Agnipath' recruits after their four-year tenure. The Ministry of Shipping also announced plans to induct Agniveers. • In Uttar Pradesh, the police arrested 250 people over the violence that erupted after the scheme was announced on Tuesday and registered cases against 400 unknown people. 150 others were charged by the railways police in the state. • In Kerala, hundreds of young men took out huge protest rallies in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, demanding immediate exams for army recruitment. In Karnataka, the police used sticks to disperse protesters as they attempted to take out a march in Dharwad. • In Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao expressed sh...