The Howrah Division of the Eastern Railway completed track Renewal (CTR), tamping and deep screening works on critical routes, ensuring smoother and safer train operations in one year.
Suvomoy Mitra, commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) of Eastern Circle, conducted an extensive inspection of the newly-built Broad Gauge line from Jayrambati station, spanning over 79.43 km from Sheoraphuli station to Baragopinathpur station, 86.589 km from Sheoraphuli station) of Howrah Division in connection with Tarakeswar – Bishnupupur new Broad Gauge line Project today.
The residents of Dankuni Municipality are living in agony over the recent incidents in and around the garbage dumping grounds at Howrah and Belgachia, have now intensified their longstanding demand for the relocation of the existing garbage dumping ground from the residential and market areas in Dankuni.
Disruptions in supply of drinking water, electricity and food still continue in a large part of mainly north Howrah and Shibpur for six days in a row, since Thursday.
Large parts of north Howrah and Shibpur have been reeling under severe civic services crisis with acute shortage of drinking water, clogged sewerage system and cracks appeared in walls of shanties and local roads adjacent to Belgachia dumping ground, the only site where solid wastes of the entire Howrah city are dumped.
Eastern Railway holds a high-level divisional committee meeting with Members of Parliament over Howrah & Sealdah division networks in presence of general manager Eastern Railway Milind K Deouskar.
A shootout occurred last night, just 500 metres away from the rally point at Rani Rashmoni Avenue, where actor Swastika Mukherjee, Sohini Sarkar, and others staged a sit-in demanding justice in the R G Kar incident.
Howrah on Tuesday witnessed pitched battles between armed police and protestors at different points, starting from Santragachi, Foreshore Road
Following the Nabanna Abhijan called by the students’ body of Paschim Banga Chatra Samaj, the Howrah Police Commissionerate announced restriction of goods vehicles, autos and totos in numerous routes in the adjoining areas of Howrah.
All the injured have been admitted to the government hospital in Shahjahanpur. However, the railways claimed that only two passengers were injured in the freak accident.
