Bihar

• 13 Mar 2024

New Vande Bharat Express in Bihar

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.