Connecting Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, the Vande Bharat Express, a semi-high-speed train built with indigenously developed technology, would cover a distance of approximately 411 kilometres within a span of 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed anguish over the loss of lives in the road accident in Guwahati's Jalukbari area and assured of providing all possible medical assistance to the injured.
At least seven students were killed and six others were left injured after the road accident at the Jalukbari area in Assam's Guwahati on late Sunday night.
"As per the preliminary investigation, we have found that the deceased persons are students. The incident took place at Jalukbari area," Thube Prateek Vijay Kumar said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Assam's first Vande Bharat Express today as a part of the move by Indian Railways to avail joy of travelling for the people of northeast, a government official said on Sunday.
"I am delighted to flag off Assam's first Vande Bharat Express tomorrow, 29th May, at 12 noon. This state-of-the-art train embodies our commitment to providing speed, comfort and enhanced connectivity. It will also boost tourism and enrich socio-economic development," PM Modi tweeted.
According to the release, the state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will provide people of the region the means to travel with speed and comfort. It will also boost tourism in the region, it added.
Massive preparations are underway to launch Northeast-bound Vande Bharat Express which will be running between Guwahati railway station in Assam and New Jalpaiguri railway station in West Bengal.
"In the interest of public service, the Governor of Assam is pleased to constitute a three-member committee to enquire into the incident of the bursting of the clear water pumping main at Joypur near IOCL Gate which is being implemented under the JICA-assisted Guwahati Water Supply
project,"
Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah on Thursday laid the foundation stone of National Forensic Sciences University, Guwahati campus in the presence of the Assam Chief Minister at a function held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.