Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Friday to flag off Vande Bharat Express connecting Howrah to New Jalpaiguri at Howrah Railway Station and inaugurate the Joka-Taratala stretch of the Purple Line of Kolkata Metro.
The nation's seventh Vande Bharat train took around 8.30 hours to complete around 560km between NJP-Howrah during the first trial run today, an official statement added.
PM Modi flagged off the country's sixth and the state's first Vande Bharat Express train which will now run between Maharashtra's Nagpur and Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur.
Stepping up the attack on the opposition parties that "resort to politics of shortcut", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that leaders of such political outfits are the "biggest enemies of every taxpayer".
The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Nagpur on Sunday, December 11. The new Vande Bharat will be running from Nagpur to Bilaspur at a maximum permissible speed of 130 kms/hr and will be covering a distance of 412 kms in just 5 hours and 30 minutes.
The Hospital, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in July 2017, has been established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, read a statement from Prime Minister's Office.
The people of Maharashtra's Nagpur have extended their gratitude and pride for the development and foundational projects worth Rs 75,000 crore by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, covering a distance of 520 Kms and connecting Nagpur and Shirdi.