Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said that passengers are not in favour of using Vande Bharat express trains due to the high fares of the tickets adding that passenger trains are shutting down on constant basis.
Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the railway sector has transformed under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last nine years.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off nine Vande Bharat express trains on Sunday, BJP National President JP Nadda on Sunday said that railways have witnessed an unprecedented transformation under the visionary leadership of PM Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that all the stations which will be developed in the Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal' will be called 'Amrit Bharat Stations.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains including one in Bihar, Union Minister of State (MoS) Ashwini Choubey on Sunday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, adding that despite giving the invitation, they did not come.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains, and said that the speed and scale of infrastructure development are matching with aspirations of 140 crore Indians.
According to officials, the robbers attacked the Jammu-bound Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Train No.18309) at around 11.22 pm after it departed from Latehar station.
These nine trains will boost connectivity across eleven states namely Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand and Gujarat, the PMO statement said.
These new additions to the Vande Bharat fleet represent a significant stride towards enhancing connectivity across the nation and offering world-class amenities to rail passengers, read the press release by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the Puri-Rourkela Vande Bharat Express on September 24 along with eight more Vande Bharat Express trains across the country.