New Delhi :-Narendra Modi , Prime Minister laid the Foundation Stone of / Dedicated 6000 Railway Projects worth more than 85,000 crore, laid the foundation stone of Petrochemicals complex of Petronet LNG at Dahej and Flagged off 10 Vande Bharat Trains, Extension of 4 Vande Bharat Trains and other train services at functions organised simultaneously at several places across the country on 12.3.2024.
These included laying foundation / dedication of :
50 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadi Kendras, 222 Railway Goods Sheds, 51 Gati Shakti Multi-modal Cargo Terminals, 2646 Digital Controlling of Stations, 35 Railway Workshops / Loco Sheds / Pitlines / Coaching Depots, Doubling / Multi-tracking and Gauge conversion of 1500 kms of railway lines, Automatic Block Signalling of 80 Rail Line sections of 1045 kms, 35 Rail Coach Restaurants, More than 1500 One Station One Product stalls, 975 Solar Powered stations / service buildings, Electrification of 2135 kms of Rail line sections, 401 kms of New Khurja-Sanehwal Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor section, 244 kms of New Makarpura-New Gholvad Western Dedicated Freight Corridor section, Operation Control Centre, Ahmedabad, Phaltan-Baramati New Rail Line and 9 Electric Traction System Upgradation work.
The Hon’ble Prime Minister flagged off the following Vande Bharat Trains namely:
Mysuru-Chennai, Lucknow-Dehradun, Kalaburagi-Bengaluru, Ranchi-Varanasi, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Khajuraho, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, New Jalpaiguri-Patna, Patna-Lucknow, Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central and Bhubaneshwar- Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Trains.
The Prime Minister also flagged off Extension of 4 Vande Bharat Trains namely:
Ahmedabad-Jamnagar upto Okha, Ajmer-Delhi Sarai Rohilla upto Chandigarh, Gorakhpur-Lucknow upto Prayagraj and Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod upto Mangalore in addition to other train services.
The various projects whose Foundation stones were laid / Dedicated to the Nation by Hon’ble Prime Minister includes 506 projects in Maharashtra.
These included laying foundation / dedication of 150 One Station One Product(OSOP) stalls, 170 Electronic Interlocking Systems, 130 Solar Panels, 18 New Lines / Doubling of Lines / Gauge Conversion, 12 Goods Sheds, 7 Automatic Signalling Systems, 4 Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals and 3 Electrification Projects.
These also included important projects like
• Dedication of Coach Factory at Latur. Wagon repair workshop at Badnera and Vande Bharat maintenance cum workshop Depot at Pune
• Inauguration of 5 Jan Aushadi Kendras at LTT, Manmad, Pimpri, Solapur and Nagbhir(Chandrapur district)
• Inauguration/ Dedication of 4 Rail Coach Restaurants at Nashik Road, Akola, Andheri and Borivali.
The 10 Vande Bharat Trains flagged off by Shri Narendra Modiji, Hon’ble Prime Minister, also included the Kalaburagi – Bengaluru Vande Bharat Train and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Train.
Members of Parliament Durga Dasji Uikey graced the function at Betul Station and Member of Parliament Ramdasji Tadas, graced the function at Sewagram Station.
Manish Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager, Nagpur Division attended the function at Khapri Station and P. S. Khairkar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Admin), Nagpur Division attended the function at Nagpur Station.
Head of Departments, Officers and Staff of Nagpur Division attended the functions at Nagpur, Khapri, Sewagram, Pulgaon, Pandhurna, Ballarshah, Teegaon, Mukutban and Rajur in large numbers.
