He said, "Vande Bharat trains will start covering all the states by June. We have a target to connect 200 cities with Vande Bharat by the middle of next year. Production work is going at a fast pace for the implementation of the project."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took stock of the situation in Odisha's Balasore where a passenger train collided with a goods train leaving several injured. PM Modi said the rescue operations are underway at the site of the accident and all possible assistance is being provided.
The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for the Ministry of Railways on Thursday resolved to upgrade 1,275 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station. The decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi.
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said that the country is witnessing changes after 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power for the first time as needy, poor and north-east were considered just a vote-bank before him.
"Before 2014, Railway's budget for North East was Rs 2,500 crore. Now it is more Rs 10,000 crore, which is 4X growth. All parts of the Northeast will soon be connected via the broad-gauge network. Rs 1 lakh crore is being spent on the same," he added.
Ashwini Vaishnav made a comparative presentation juxtaposing the performance of the governments before 2014 with the government since and said, "While the previous governance efforts had become synonymous with scams, the current Government works with the ethos of 'Pai Pai Se Gareeb Ki Bha
In a letter to Vaishnaw, the BJP MP urged the Minister to connect the Nimar region of four tribal districts of Madhya Pradesh namely Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani and Dhar with railways.
While talking to ANI on board Dehradun-Delhi Vande Bharat Express, the Union Minister said, "Uttarakhand has received the gift of first Vande Bharat today. Along with this, about many railway projects which are being developed, today PM Modi said that the entire Uttarakhand has become an ele
To further strengthen the bilateral relationship, BG locomotives were virtually flagged off to Bangladesh in a handing-over ceremony held at Rail Bhavan New Delhi