Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and State Home Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali with Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnav and G Kishan Reddy during the inauguration of the Vande Bharat Express train connecting Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam, at Secunderabad Railway Station on Sunday. , Photo Credit: ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the modern indigenously designed and manufactured Vande Bharat Express trains are a reflection of the country’s rapid progress on the path of development.
It is also a matter of pride that the eighth train set is being launched between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam, the second Vande Bharat to be flagged off within a fortnight, after he flagged off New Delhi for the latest Said in a virtual address. Vande Bharat train will start its maiden journey towards Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
“It is appropriate that the new train, which is a true example of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, is being launched on the occasion of Makar Sankranti and Army Day. I congratulate and greet the people of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as the train brings them closer and will also reduce the travel time between the two cities.
The ‘Vande Bharat Abhiyan’ was developing rapidly with over 40 lakh passengers in seven Vande Bharat trains running across the country. This is a country train. The PM said that the speed of train connectivity will help the common people of Secunderabad, Warangal, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam besides aiding in the socio-economic development of the region.
His government is paying a lot of attention to transform railways in terms of modern trains, safe travel, electrification, new lines, freight corridors, redevelopment of stations etc. and next few years will see more changes.
“We made the change when people had given up on the Railways showing any improvement in the last eight years without giving the excuse of budget deficit or losses,” he said. Public transport is getting a boost as two dozen metro rail projects are coming up and futuristic systems like the Regional Rapid Transit System are being developed. Along with Ease of Doing Business, attention is also being given to Ease of Living.
Telangana’s budget outlay for 2022-23 is ₹3,048 crore, almost 12 times more than the budget allocation made during 2014-15, which was only ₹258 crore, he said, adding that new lines and electrification has been accelerated. Similarly, the Center strengthened rail infrastructure in AP and improved rail infrastructure and connectivity.
Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnav (IT and Railways), G. Kishan Reddy (Tourism, Culture and Development of North East), Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and others were present on platform 10 of Secunderabad station where a traditional music band played for the launch. , Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali, Animal Husbandry Minister T Srinivasa Yadav, TS BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other senior leaders were also present at the station for the train to run for the first time in Telugu states.
For the inaugural run, carrying railway officials, support staff and media persons, the train stopped at all intermediate stations along the way, with women and children taking selfies, taking videos on mobiles or raising patriotic slogans, with some cheering People flocked to hoist the national flag.
Dr. Soundarajan said that people can expect more modern train services in the next few years, while Mr. Vaishnav said that the indigenously designed semi-high speed train will ply between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam exclusively for day travel It is the first state-of-the-art train available for He said that Secunderabad station would be developed along with 34 stations of TS. Shri Kishan Reddy thanked the Prime Minister and the Railway Minister for allotting new trains to the Telugu states. Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman, Railway Board CEO Anil Kumar Lahoti, SCR GM AK Jain and other top officials were present.