PM Modi lays foundation stone of Rs 85,000 cr railway projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Rs 85000 crore railway projects including the launch of 10 new Vande Bharat trains reported news agency PTIThe PM launched the projects from Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad in Gujarat after visiting the Dedicated Freight Corridors DFC Operation Control CentreHe laid the foundation stone of railway workshops loco sheds pit lines coaching depots PhaltanBaramati new line electric traction system upgradation work and dedicated to the nation two new sections of the Dedicated Freight Corridor between New Khurja to Sahnewal 401 Rkm section of the eastern DFC and New Makarpura to New Gholvad section 244 Rkm of the western DFC western DFCs Operation Control Centre OCC Ahmedabad reported PTIThe PM flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains between AhmedabadMumbai Central SecunderabadVisakhapatnam MysuruDr MGR Central Chennai Patna Lucknow New JalpaiguriPatna PuriVisakhapatnam LucknowDehradun KalaburagiSir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru RanchiVaranasi and Khajuraho Delhi Nizamuddin reported PTIHe also flagged off the extension of four Vande Bharat trainsThe AhmedabadJamnagar Vande Bharat train is being extended till Dwarka AjmerDelhi Sarai Rohilla Vande Bharat till Chandigarh GorakhpurLucknow Vande Bharat till Prayagraj and ThiruvananthapuramKasargod Vande Bharat till MangaluruThe PM also flagged off two new passenger trains between Asansol and Hatia amp Tirupati and Kollam stations reported PTIPM Modi also flagged off freight trains on the DFC from various locations New Khurja Junction Sahnewal New Rewari New Kishangarh New Gholvad and New Makarpura reported PTIHe dedicated 50 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras at various railway stations These centres will offer affordable and quality generic medicines to the peopleThe PM also dedicated to the nation 51 Gati Shakti MultiModal Cargo Terminals which will promote seamless movement of goods between different modes of transportationMeanwhile Over 270 railway projects were unveiled in Odisha on Tuesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi officials said reported PTIAmong these are new railway lines signalling systems good sheds and a new Vande Bharat Express that will operate between Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar they saidThese were unveiled by the PM virtually from Ahmedabad along with other railway projects across the country reported PTIThe new Vande Bharat Express train will operate six days a week except SaturdaysThis will be the states third Vande Bharat Express train The first two operate on the PuriHowrah and PuriRourkela routesWith inputs from PTI