BENGALURU: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw conducted an inspection of the Vande Sleeper Coach at BEML in Bengaluru on Sunday.
"We expect the passenger operation of Vande Sleeper Coach in three months from now...This is a full sleeper version," Vaishnaw told reporters after the inspection.
The Minister said that the manufacturing of the Vande Sleeper Coach has been completed and it will come out from the BEML factory in the coming few days.
"We are starting on a very important journey as you are aware after the success of the Vande Bharat chair-car, the manufacturing and designing of the Vande Sleeper was something for which all of us were waiting. We all were working on the manufacturing of it. That manufacturing is complete. Vande sleeper will come out from the BEML Factory in the coming days," Vaishnaw said.
"It was a long journey. Designing a new train is complex work. There are a lot of new features in Vande Sleeper," he added. He said that the Vande Bharat Chair-Car, Vande Sleeper, Vande Metro, and Amrit Bharat will change the way people travel in India.
"These projects reflect the aspirational India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.
Earlier in the day, Vaishnaw laid the foundation stone of a new hangar for standard and broad gauge rolling stock manufacturing at BEML. After the programme at BEML, Vaishnaw will interact with trainees and staff at the Multi-disciplinary Divisional Training Institute (MDDTI), Bengaluru (Railway Training Centre) at 2 pm on Sunday.
Additionally, the FY 2024-25 budget features significant financial investments across various states. Jammu and Kashmir will receive ₹3694 crore, Uttarakhand is allocated ₹5,131 crore, Uttar Pradesh is set to benefit greatly from ₹19848 crore, Himachal Pradesh from ₹2,698 crore, and Delhi from ₹2582 crore, Rajasthan will see allocation of ₹9,959 crore, the North East will receive ₹10376 crore, Odisha, in particular stands out with an impressive allocation of ₹10,586 crore for multiple rail-infrastructure projects
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