On Sunday, Umesh Goswami, the Dhanbad District President of the Nationalist Congress Party, held a press conference at his residence. He announced a protest at Thaparnagar station on June 25th to demand the stoppage of various trains at the station and other issues. He appealed to the villagers to participate in...
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the protest. Goswami demanded the resumption of all local trains that were operational before the COVID-19 pandemic and the reinstatement of general and sleeper classes on several express trains. He stated that written notification of these demands was sent to the DRM Asansol and the Station Master Thaparnagar. He highlighted that the Thaparnagar station is only 2-3 kilometers away from Nirsa, while residents of Nirsa have to travel 10 kilometers to Kumardhubi station to board express trains. Several other party members were present at the press conference.

The railway bridge of MPL crossing NH-19 near Khudia Fatak Mod in Nirsa is a major obstruction for tall and heavy vehicles. Every month, 7 to 8 large vehicles face difficulties in crossing the bridge. Sometimes, soil is dug along the roadside of NH-19 to enable vehicles to pass, while sometimes...
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vehicles are lowered with the help of a jack to facilitate crossing. This situation has been ongoing for a long time, causing inconvenience for vehicles traveling on this route.

On Saturday, two separate incidents occurred on the down line between Thaparnagar and Mugma railway stations in the Asansol railway division. In the first incident, Anand Kumar, a resident of Bokaro, was found dead after falling from a train. His mobile phone and ₹552 were found in his pocket. In the...
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second incident, Sagar Pal (45), a resident of Shasanbedia, was killed after being hit by a train near the central bridge change colony in the down line. Both bodies were sent to Dhanbad for post-mortem. Sagar Pal's family identified him. His family stated that he worked at the Riddhi-Siddhi factory near Neelkuthi More and was last seen leaving home after breakfast. The circumstances surrounding his presence at the railway track remain unclear. Sagar Pal was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom, Basukinath Pal, also works at the same factory. His wife, Deepa Pal, and son, Nikhil Pal, are inconsolable after the incident.