Opposing the closure of Dhanbad-Chandrapura Railway line, JVM chief and former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi conducted a foot march from Dhanbad to Chandrapura on Wednesday.
Stating that the decision of closing of the DC line is unethical Marandi alongwith hundreds of his supporters, locals including security cops conducted 33 kms march.
In a major decision, the Railway Board had stopped the operation of both passenger and goods trains on the Dhanbad-Chandrapura from 15 June due to underground inferno and land subsidence in Jharia and Raniganj Coal Field area.
Considering the Director General of Mines Safety’s (DGMS) report Ministry of Railway had issued the directive.
Movement of 13 Mail-Express trains and six passenger trains are permanently stopped, while 7 trains are running on diverted lines. The trains which are running through diverted route are Hawrah-Ranchi Shatabdi Express, Maurya Express, Dhanbad-Alleppey Express, Shaktipunj Express, Patliputra Express.
Meanwhile, the movement of Mail-Express trains which permanently closed are Vananchyal Express, Ranchi-Jaynagar Express, Ranchi-Howrah Intercity, Garib Rath, Ranchi – Bahagalpur, Ranchi-Kamakhya, Darbhanga – Sikendrabad, Ranchi-NEwjalpaiguri, Hyderabad - Raxaul Express, Bhopal- Howrah, Kolkata -Ahmadabad, Kolkata - Ajmer and Surat-Malda while the passenger trains Muri - Dhanbad, Chandrapura - Bhojudih, Bokaro - Howrah, Ranchi -Dhanbad, Chandrapura - Dhanbad and Jhargram -Dhanbad are closed from 15 June.