The Chhattisgarh Railway Corporation Limited has completed its payment for the acquisition of land for the Katghora-Mungeli-Kawardha-Dongargarh rail line project. The project's total cost is estimated at 7,000 crore rupees, and the initial phase requires 25% of this amount, or approximately 1,750 crore rupees, for land acquisition. The Chhattisgarh government has...
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already contributed its share of 300 crore rupees, and other stakeholders, including the Central Railway, a Maharashtra-based power generation company, and Aryan Coal Beneficiary Limited, are expected to contribute their respective shares soon. These companies are collectively responsible for 425 crore rupees. The project was initially announced in February 2016 with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of Railways. The Chhattisgarh Railway Corporation Limited was established in December 2016 to oversee the project's implementation. The project was formally inaugurated by the then Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in October 2018, just before the state assembly elections. However, after the Congress government came to power in the state, the project was stalled. With the BJP's return to power, the state government has now deposited its share of funds, paving the way for the project to resume. The project spans 294.59 kilometers and will include 25 stations, with major stops at Katghora, Ratanpur, Mungeli, Kawardha, and Khairagarh. The estimated land requirement for the project is 1,794 hectares.

Sharda Bai Verma, a 40-year-old resident of Gajmarra village near Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon district, went missing on April 30th. She had intended to travel to Durg to meet her son but mistakenly boarded a train to Mumbai instead. After reaching Mumbai, she contacted her family using a phone provided by...
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a stranger. Police, with the help of the women's helpline and Sakhi Center, located her in Mumbai and brought her back to Dongargarh on May 6th.

To accommodate the expected surge in passengers during the summer school holidays, the South East Central Railway (SECR) has introduced 58 special trains connecting key cities in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. These trains offer direct connections to destinations like Sambalpur, Puri, Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Patna, Hatia, Raxaul, Chhapra, Jabalpur, and...
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Madurai. Furthermore, the SECR has extended the route of the Durg-Chhapra and Durg-Patna summer specials to reach Gondia, providing direct connectivity to key cities in North India and Maharashtra. This extension also benefits residents of Durg, Rajnandgaon, and Dongargarh in Chhattisgarh, offering them an additional train service for travel to Gondia. Additionally, the SECR has introduced a special summer train service operating nine trips between Bilaspur and Yesvantpur starting from April 30th. This train provides an additional travel option for residents of Bilaspur, Bhatapara, Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, and Gondia heading towards South India. The SECR is also planning to operate 48 more special trains in May to ease the expected passenger rush during the summer holidays. The railway administration is prepared to further expand these services as needed, ensuring additional convenience for passengers during the summer vacation period.

To accommodate the influx of devotees traveling to Dongargarh for the Chaitra Navratri festival, Indian Railways has made a temporary stop for the Shalimar-LTT Express at Dongargarh on Tuesday, April 16th. Train number 12102 will arrive at 11:16 AM and depart at 11:17 AM. This temporary stop is intended to ease...
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congestion and provide convenience for passengers, as a significant number of devotees travel to Dongargarh on the Ashtami day.