The total number of passengers who travelled in Vande Bharat trains in the Central Railway region from August 15 to September 8 is 1.22 lakh, said a press release by Central Railway on Saturday.
The letter further stated, "After careful consideration of the present circumstances, from henceforth, it is directed that no air travel is allowed to Delhi. All the officials travelling to Delhi would travel by Shatabdi and Vande Bharat trains. Further, officials will stay at UT Guest House
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated flagged off two new and upgraded versions of Vande Bharat Express trains at Gorakhpur Station in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off Vande Bharat Express train in Gorakhpur and said that leaders from across the country are requesting Vande Bharat trains to be run from their region.
The PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 12,100 crore in his home constituency, Varanasi, and will inaugurate the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Junction-Son Nagar railway line of the Dedicated Freight Corridor, the release said.<
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the proposal in the national interest allowing the removal and transplantation of trees to clear land for project construction in the national capital.
Following the Balasore tragedy, the Indian Railways has started on a positive note, as today, 5 Vande Bharat trains were launched simultaneously across the country which was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These Vande Bharat trains will connect six states in the country.
PM Modi will visit the state on Tuesday and will flag off two Vande Bharat trains in the state capital. Besides, he will launch two missions which includes sickle cell anaemia mission and the distribution of Ayushman Bharat cards in the state.
On the other hand, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Lalpur and Pakaria in Shahdol district has been postponed due to the possibility of heavy rains on Tuesday, however, his program in Bhopal was not cancelled.
PM who is scheduled to visit Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, taking to Twitter wrote, "I will be in Bhopal tomorrow, 27th June to take part in two programmes. First, 5 Vande Bharat trains would be flagged off at a programme in Rani Kamalapati Railway Station. These trains will improve connectivit