PM Modi flags off nine Vande Bharat trains

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was unfortunate that earlier not much attention was given to modernising Indian railways and asserted that his government was working for its transformationModi made the remarks in his address before flagging off nine Vande Bharat trains connecting religious and tourist destinations across 11 statesThe nine trains will provide faster connectivity across 11 states Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Bihar West Bengal Kerala Odisha Jharkhand and GujaratIn his address via video conferencing ahead of the flag off Modi said the speed and scale of infrastructure development is matching the aspirations of 140 crore IndiansHe said the popularity of Vande Bharat trains is constantly rising and over 11100000 passengers have already travelled in themThe prime minister noted that 25 Vande Bharat trains are running and now nine more have been addedThat day is not far when these trains will connect all parts of the country he saidIndian railways is the most trusted copassenger of Indias poor and middleclass people The number of people who travel in the railways in one day is more than the population of many countries he saidIt is unfortunate that not much attention was given to modernise Indian railways But now our government is working for the transformation of Indian railways Modi saidIn his remarks Modi also said that all Indians are proud of new Indias accomplishments and the common persons expectations have reached sky high due to the success of Chandrayaan3The success of G20 Summit has given confidence that India has power of democracy demography and diversity he saidWorld has hailed our womenled development and to advance this vision the government brought Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam he saidThe new Vande Bharat trains flagged off by the PM will run between UdaipurJaipur TirunelveliMaduraiChennai HyderabadBengaluru VijayawadaChennai via Renigunta PatnaHowrah KasaragodThiruvananthapuram RourkelaBhubaneswar Puri RanchiHowrah and JamnagarAhmedabadThese trains are a step towards realising the prime ministers vision of improving connectivity across the country and providing world class facilities to rail passengers according to an official statementThe Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation and will help save considerable time of the passengers it saidThe introduction of these Vande Bharat trains will herald a new standard of rail service in the country the statement saidThese trains equipped with world class amenities and advanced safety features including Kavach technology will be a key step towards providing modern speedy and comfortable means of travel to common people professionals businessmen student community and tourists it addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever