He also laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park and dedicates IIIT building to the people of the state
UNA, HIMACHAL PRADESH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, October 13, flagged off the fourth Vande Bharat train from Una railway station. It is the first high-speed luxury train to start from Himachal, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
CM Jai Ram Thakur and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur were present on the occasion.
The PM also laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park to be built in Haroli assembly constituency in Una district and dedicated IIIT institute building to the people of the state.
The BJP managed to put up an impressive strength for the PM’s rally. Women were also present on the occasion in large numbers despite their Karva Chauth fast.
The PM while addressing a public meeting at the Indira Gandhi stadium here in the poll-bound state spoke in Una’s Punjabi dialect and left people amazed. He called Una the land of Guru Nanak and Mata Chintpurni
The prime minister said he had come bearing gifts of better objectivity, industrialisation and education adding that he was pleased to announce gifts worth several thousand crore for Himachal before Dhanteras and Diwali.
Vande Bharat train will benefit people: Haryana CM
Meanwhile, in another PTI report from Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday, October 13, said the new Vande Bharat Express train between Una and Delhi would greatly benefit the people of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
He was speaking to reporters at Chandigarh railway station, from where he boarded the Vande Bharat Express that was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Himachal Pradesh’s Una earlier in the day.
The chief minister, who was accompanied by his cabinet ministers and BJP leaders, deboarded the train at Ambala station.
The people from this region, who travel to Delhi or other cities for work and other purposes, will greatly benefit from the new train. It will definitely be a big gift for the passengers travelling between Una and Delhi, Khattar said.
The train will not only make passengers’ journey comfortable but also reduce the travel time. People will reach Chandigarh from Delhi in under three hours, he said.
He also thanked the prime minister for introducing the train on this route.
The Vande Bharat Express train, the country’s fourth, will run six days a week except on Wednesday, with stops at Ambala, Chandigarh, Anandpur Sahib and Una.
The three Vande Bharat Express trains are running between Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Delhi-Varanasi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Delhi.
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