On Saturday, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that 50 Saraswati Vidya Mandir school students will be selected through a competition and given a free ride on Vande Bharat Express.
On Sunday, the Union Minister participated in the Bhumi Pujan at Saraswati Vidya Mandir School and spoke with the students.
“The youngsters wanted to take the Vande Bharat Express after watching Vande Bharat’s film. A tournament will be held, and the 50 winning students. will get a Ride.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Odisha’s first Vande Bharat train on May 18 between Puri and Howrah via video conferencing.
The Union Minister also praised the redevelopment work at the Bhubaneswar railway station and said that he will visit and inspect the site station tomorrow.
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Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said
“It is a matter of pride that the prestigious Bhubaneswar Rajdhani train will get a new ‘Tejas’ rake’ from tomorrow. It is PM Modi’s vision to provide better facilities to the passengers. The redevelopment work at the Bhubaneswar railway station. I will visit and inspect the Bhubaneswar railway station tomorrow,”
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway Stations under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme through video conferencing from the national capital. These include 11 stations at Khurda Road and a total of 25 stations in Odisha.
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Several Union Ministers and the Chief Ministers or Governors also joined the foundation stone laying ceremony from their respective states
These 508 stations are spread across 27 states and union territories, including 55 each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, 49 in Bihar, 44 in Maharashtra, 37 in West Bengal, 34 in Madhya Pradesh, 32 in Assam, 25 in Odisha, 22 in Punjab, 21 each in Gujarat and Telangana, 20 in Jharkhand, 18 each in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, 15 in Haryana, and 13 in Karnataka, among others.
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