New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express semi-high speed train. Speaking about the Vande Bharat train in Ahmedabad, PM Modi said that people who are used to travelling on flights will prefer the Vande Bharat train once they experience it.
“Vande Bharat makes 100 times less noise inside the train, as compared to an airplane... People who are used to travelling on flights will prefer the Vande Bharat train once they get to experience it”, news agency ANI quoted PM Modi as saying.
"Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad is a great example of how a twin city develops. Following the same model, various twin cities are being developed in Gujarat. People used to talk about New York-New Jersey till now. My India cannot be left behind," he added.
During his speech in Ahmedabad PM Modi also urged the students of classes 9-12 and from engineering backgrounds to ask how metro work's been done, the cost incurred and the construction of tunnels, stating that “it'll make them accountable”.
“I want students of classes 9-12 & from engg to ask how metro work's been done, the cost incurred, construction of tunnels... it'll make them accountable; they'll not take part in any protest to destroy public property. It'll pain them like their own property is being damaged”, ANI quoted PM Modi as saying.
PM Modi on Friday inaugurated Phase I of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project. He traveled onboard the Vande Bharat Express train from Gandhinagar to Ahmedabad where he inaugurated Phase I of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project. PM Modi, accompanied by CM Bhupendra Patel, also traveled on Ahmedabad metro rail from Kalupur station to Doordarshan Kendra station.
The new Vande Bharat Express train will run between Gandhinagar and Mumbai. The train will connect the state capitals of Gujarat and Maharashtra and will run 6 days a week, except Sunday.
(With ANI Inputs)