Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the operation of Vande Bharat Express from Khajuraho. He said two rakes points have been approved at Chhatarpur and Khajuraho.
The railway minister informed about the redevelopment of Khajuraho station to make it a world class station.
The minister informed the public representatives during interaction during his visit to Khajuraho – Jhansi national highway / expressway and reviewed the works done in the Pradhan Mantri Gram Yojna in Bundelkhand region.
The railway minister informed One Station One Product Scheme is also being expanded so that local level products will be made available in the market through railway stations.
1000 stations will be included under this scheme, in which Chhatarpur station will also be included.
Indian Railways is committed to provide world class facilities to its passengers at railway stations, he said.
The railway minister said rail tickets can now be obtained from 45,000 post offices.
Soon ROB/RUB will be constructed at important places, he added.
Also he mentioned about the operation of Bharat Gaurav trains like Ramayana express, electrification which is to be completed by August.
By that time, Vande Bharat will also start rolling out, he said.
He said the vision of Prime Minister Modi is ‘the government is to serve the people’ has to be followed in spirit while doing development of the region.
The railway minister along with the local administration and Railways, encouraged the farmers to set up solar plants on their land so that their income could increase. The pilot project is to be started with Bundelkhand. The land is to be identified soon.
The Kisan Morcha, Railway and District Administration to jointly identify the location, the railway minister said.
On the occasion, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar, West Central Railway general manager Sudhir Kumar Gupta, North Central Railway general manager Pramod Kumar and other officials were present.
