Bihar
New Vande Bharat Express in Bihar
- 13 Mar 2024
- 1 min read
Why in News?
Recently, the Prime Minister unveiled multiple railway projects in the state along with two new Vande Bharat Express trains.
Key Points
- These were among the projects worth Rs 85,000 crore unveiled by the PM through video conference from Ahmedabad.
- The two new Vande Bharat Express trains will be operated on the Patna-Gomti Nagar and Patna-New Jalpaiguri routes.
- The Patna-Gomti Nagar Vande Bharat will have halts at the pilgrim towns of Varanasi and Ayodhya Dham, while a third Vande Bharat, which was also flagged off, will stop at Gaya on the way to Varanasi from Ranchi.
- The PM laid the foundation stone of a washing pit cum coaching complex at Narkatiaganj.
- He inaugurated:
- The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor's New Chiraila Pauthu-New Son Nagar-New Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) section.
- Gati Shakti cargo terminals, Jan Aushadhi drug stores at Patna and Darbhanga, goods sheds and washing pit lines at Arrah and Muzaffarpur.
- 'One Station One Product' outlets which would promote local small farmers and artisans.
