Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of railway projects worth ₹85,000 crore. The launch event, which included the introduction of 10 new Vande Bharat trains, took place in the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, following his visit to the Dedicated Freight Corridor's (DFC) Operation Control Centre in the same location.
He laid the foundation stone of railway workshops, loco sheds, pit lines/ coaching depots, the Phaltan-Baramati 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 DFC's Operation Control Centre (OCC), Ahmedabad.
The PM flagged off 10 new Vande Bharat trains between Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Mysuru-Dr MGR Central (Chennai), Patna- Lucknow, New Jalpaiguri-Patna, Puri-Visakhapatnam, Lucknow-Dehradun, Kalaburagi-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru, Ranchi-Varanasi and Khajuraho- Delhi (Nizamuddin).
He also flagged off the extension of four Vande Bharat trains.
The Ahmedabad-Jamnagar Vande Bharat train is being extended till Dwarka, Ajmer-Delhi Sarai Rohilla Vande Bharat till Chandigarh, Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat till Prayagraj and Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod Vande Bharat till Mangaluru, The PM also flagged off two new passenger trains between Asansol and Hatia & Tirupati and Kollam stations.
PM 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.
He dedicated 50 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras at various railway stations. These centres will offer affordable and quality generic medicines to the people.
The PM also dedicated to the nation 51 Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminals, which will promote the seamless movement of goods between different modes of transportation.
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