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PATNA: Danapur DRM L M Jha made a PowerPoint presentation on safety and punctuality issues under the division at a high-level meeting presided over by ECR AGM Ajay Shukla at the Danapur DRM's office on Tuesday. Senior officials of the ECR and Danapur division attended the meeting.Addressing the railway officials of the division, Shukla underlined the need to overcome local problems of the division which at times affected the smooth run of trains under the division. Chief operating manager Dipak Nath lauded the division for maintaining punctuality of mail and express trains despite hiccups while chief transportation manager (planning) Neeraj Ambastha suggested various measures to improve loading of goods and other consignments.

Chief signal and telecom engineer Rajesh Kumar took stock of the ongoing signal and telecom work. ECR's chief security commissioner Sanjay Kumar suggested various measures to improve passengers' safety. He said 110 RPF and RPSF men were deployed on train escort duty under the division.

New lines inaugurated: The newly laid 34km Koderma-Nawadih railway line under the Dhanbad division of ECR was inaugurated by Koderma MP Babulal Marandi at a function at Koderma station on Tuesday. Local MLA Annapurna Devi was also present on the occasion. According to Dhanabd division DRM Sudhir Kumar, two pairs of passenger trains would run on the route to start with.