PM Modi virtually flags off six Vande Bharat trains in Ranchi

RANCHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually flagged off six Vande Bharat trains for Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh at Ranchi. Earlier, the PM was scheduled to flag off the trains from Tatanagar but his chopper could not take off from Ranchi airport due to poor visibility and inclement weather conditions. Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jharkhand governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar were present at Tatanagar station on the occasion.

The new trains will run on the Tatanagar-Patna, Brahmapur-Tatanagar, Rourkela-Howrah, Deoghar-Varanasi, Bhagalpur-Howrah and Gaya-Howrah routes. The trains will offer faster connectivity, PMO said.

"Today every city and every state wants a Vande Bharat train to boost connectivity," Modi said. He underscored that the expansion of rail connectivity in the eastern states will strengthen the economy of the region and hugely benefit regular travellers, businesses, professionals and student communities. "Modern railway infrastructure is imperative to fast-paced development," he said.


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