Late night on Wednesday, January 26, a railway track in Giridih district of Jharkhand was blasted by Naxalites. There was a huge explosion at Chichaki and Karmabad railway stations near the Dhanbad railway division.
After the blast, many trains have been suspended on the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi rail route. Trains have been diverted to various other routes by the Indian Railways as a safety measure.
Jharkhand | Suspected Naxals blow up a portion of railway tracks on the Howrah-New Delhi line between Chichaki and Chaudharybandh railway stations in Giridih; details awaited pic.twitter.com/9cx7GE14NK
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2022
According to Rajesh Kumar, CPRO of East Central Railway, the blast took place between Karamabad-Chichaki station in Dhanbad division around 1:30 pm. Following the information, operations on the incoming and outgoing line on the Gomo-Gaya (GC) section of the Howrah-Delhi rail route have been suspended due to security reasons. However, there were no damages at the site.
Trains cancelled on Thursday:
– 13305 Dhanbad – Dehri On Sone Express
– 13306 Dehri On Sone – Dhanbad Express
– 03546 Gaya – Asansol Passenger
-03553 Asansol – Varanasi Passenger
Trains that have changed route:
– 22824 New Delhi – Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express
– 12314 New Delhi – Sealdah Rajdhani Express
– 12302 New Delhi – Howrah Rajdhani Express were diverted via DDU – Gaya – Pradhan Khanta via DDU – Patna – Jhajha
– 12816 Anand Vihar – Puri Express was diverted from Koderma – Gomo via Hazaribagh Town – Barkakana
-12826 Anand Vihar – Ranchi Jharkhand Sampark Kranti Express was diverted from Koderma – Rajabera via Koderma – Hazaribagh Town – Barkakana
– 12307 Howrah – Jodhpur Express and 12321 Howrah – Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Express will start journey via Pradhankhanta – Gaya – DDU via Jhajha – Patna – DDU
– 12312 Kalka – Howrah Express and 12322 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus – Howrah Express DDU – Gaya – Gaya-Patna-Jhajha was run instead of Pradhan Khanta
Trains running late:
– 13329 Dhanbad-Patna Express,
– 18624 Hatia-Islampur Express,
– 18609 Ranchi- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
– 13010 Howrah-Dehradun Express ran with hours late
Source: dnaindia.com