Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off 5 Vande Bharat Express trains from Rani Kamlapati Railway Station. The Prime Minister flagged off three of these Vande Vande Bharat trains through virtual medium. Prime Minister Modi also interacted with children traveling in the train.The children had an informal conversation with their beloved Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Modi came to Bhopal today on a one-day visit. After landing at Raja Bhoj Airport, Modi reached Rani Kamlapati Railway Station by road. Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav, Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Civil Aviation and Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar, Member of Parliament V.D. Sharma, State’s Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang along with ministers and public representatives accorded a warm welcome to the Prime Minister at Rani Kamalapati station.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the public present at the railway station who welcomed the Prime Minister with great enthusiasm. Prime Minister Modi met children boarding the Vande Bharat train starting today and interacted with them regarding India’s progress and achievements and their future goals. Children presented Prime Minister Modi with paintings focusing on the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence, India’s emerging impressive stand in the world and a hand-made portrait of the Prime Minister.

The five Vande Bharat trains flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are; Bhopal (Rani Kamlapati) - Indore Vande Bharat Express; Bhopal (Rani Kamlapati)-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express; Ranchi-Patna Vande Bharat Express; Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express and Goa(Madgaon)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express. The last three of these were flagged off by Prime Minister Modi virtually.

The Bhopal (Rani Kamalapati) – Indore Vande Bharat Express will facilitate easy and fast travel between the two important cities of Madhya Pradesh and improve connectivity to cultural, tourist and religious places in the region. The distance of 269 kilometers from Bhopal to Indore will now be covered in three and a half hour by Vande Bharat train. The Bhopal (Rani Kamlapati)-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express will connect Mahakaushal region (Jabalpur) to Madhya Pradesh’s central region (Bhopal). In addition, better connectivity will also benefit tourist places in the region. With the running of this train, the distance of 340 kilometers from Bhopal to Jabalpur will now be covered in four and a half hour.

Ranchi-Patna Vande Bharat Express will be the first Vande Bharat train for Jharkhand and Bihar. This train, which will enhance connectivity between Patna and Ranchi, will prove to be a boon for tourists, students and businessmen. The Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express will connect important cities in Karnataka-Dharwad and Hubli with the state capital Bengaluru.

This will greatly benefit the tourists, students, industrialists etc. of the area. The Goa (Madgaon)-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express will be the first Vande Bharat Express from Goa. It will run between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai and Madgaon station in Goa and will give a boost to tourism in both Goa and Maharashtra.