Bokaro clamours for train to south

Bokaro: The south Indians of Bokaro are not happy with the railway minister.

Even after staying here for years, they still do not have a fast connectivity to the southern states except for a very slow train, Alleppy Express, which takes three days to reach its destination.

In a letter sent to the Railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bokaro-Madras Passenger Association (BMPA) ? which consists of Utkal samaj, Telgu Samaj, Kannada Sangha and Tamil Madaram ? has demanded a super-fast train to the south.

BMPA sources said the train which initially used to operate between Bokaro and Alleppy has now been extended to Dhanbad.

With so many stoppages and only one air-conditioned compartment, it causes a lot of inconvenience to the south Indians, especially while transporting serious patients to south hospitals.

The BMPA members demanded a new super fast train to Thiruanathapuram via Kharagpur, Vizag and Chennai besides upgradation of Alleppy Express as superfast train.

More than 10,000 students of the coal belt areas study in the southern states and with no superfast trains, the student have no option but to travel in the slow Alleppy Express.

Five injured in mishap

Dhanbad: Five passengers got critically injured when a driver of a truck driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with a scooter and a motorcycle near Radha Swami Arcade on the Saraidhela road in Dhanbad on Sunday. The truck driver lost control after his vehicle?s tyre burst. Ranjan Dutta (30) and his wife Reena Dutta and their children, who were coming towards Hirapur on a scooter, sustained severe injuries. The accident happened at 10 in the morning. The injured were taken to the central hospital. Abhinay Kumar, who was driving a motorcycle, was also hit by the same truck. Residents of the area blocked traffic on Dhanbad -Gobindpur Road for over an hour. Traffic, however, was restored after the police intervened.

Strike threat

Dhanbad: District Bus Owners? Association of Dhanbad (DBOA) has threatened to go on strike in protest against the decision by the commissioner of north Chhotanagpur to cancel road permits of all commercial vehicles which have already completed 20 years of run on road. Abhay Kumar Sinha, the patron of DBOA, revealed that the Commissioner of north Chhotanagpur, N.N. Pandey, also the president of State Transport Authority, had taken the decision at a meeting of the transport authority in Hazaribagh on July 7.

Bovine bill

Chakulia: Jharkhand Regional Goushala Sangh has decided to felicitate chief minister Arjun Munda this month end in Ranchi. Purushottam Das Jhunjhunwala, the president of the Chakulia Goushala Committee, said the decision to honour the chief minister was taken jointly by the members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Jharkhand Regional Goushala Sangh for his initiative to propose a bill on banning cow slaughter in the state.

Bite kills snake

Dumka: A poisonous white Cobra allegedly died after biting a priest of a local Nag temple, dedicated to snake god. Viswanath Kunwar (35) of Barhabaghar, near Hansdadih, in Dumka was bitten by the Cobra in his home late on Saturday evening. The snake died after it bit the priest. Villagers brought Kunwar to Dumka Sadar Hospital along with the dead reptile on Sunday morning. Doctor Nirmal Kumar Singh, who is attending the patient, said Kunwar was fine. The priest had not even lost consciousness after the snakebite. Singh said in such cases as this, it is possible that the snakebite victim was addicted to drugs. But the villagers insisted that Kunwar was not addicted to either drugs or alcohol.

Project review

Seraikela: Nagendra Prasad Singh, deputy commissioner, Seraikela-Kharsawan, conducted a surprise inspection of all the development work being carried out in the district. He inspected the handicraft workshops conducted by Khadi Gramudyog at Nimdih block and also visited the Chandil sub-division office. He has issued orders to the officials in-charge to submit a report on the Chandil dam.

Urmila Toppo, the topper from the Matrichaya Primary School, and Puja Rajak, the best student, were awarded at the annual function organised by Matrichaya, an NGO in Ranchi. The chief guest HRD minister Pradeep Yadav inaugurated the function.