Six more Vande Bharat trains entered the Indian Railways fleet on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the trains from Tatanagar in Jharkhand.
150 students of the East Coast Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School, Khurda, boarded the train to take a free ride to the Khurda Junction during its inaugural run.
PM Modi also distributed sanction letters to 32,000 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) beneficiaries from Jharkhand. He released the first installment of assistance to the beneficiaries. The Prime minister also participated in the Griha Pravesh celebrations of 46 thousand benefici
Six more Vande Bharat trains entered the Indian Railways fleet on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off the trains from Tatanagar in Jharkhand.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of various Railway projects worth more than Rs. 660 crores and distribute sanction letters to 20 thousand Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gravin (PMAY-G) beneficiaries.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jharkhand on September 17, Assam Chief Minister and Jharkhand co-election in-charge, Himanta Biswa Sarma, said that PM Modi will be inaugurating the Vande Bharat trains in Jamshedpur.
The Prime Minister also highlighted that so far more than three crore people have travelled by these trains and these numbers are proof of the success of Vande Bharat Trains.
"I started so many things, but they are only doing publicity of Vande Bharat trains. Where is Duronto Express? After the Rajdhani Express, Duronto was the fastest train. During the time of elections they inaugurate Vande Bharats. This does not work. Today, the entire Railway Department is
"Its time to prick the bubble of Congress lies. Occupancy of Vande Bharat trains on 7th May is 98%. Occupancy in FY 2024-25 (till 7th May) is 103%. Does Congress want Vande Bharat to stop?" Vaishnaw said in a post on 'X'.