Slams political parties and leaders engaged in "shortcut" politics
Nagpur : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off the "Vande Bharat Express" from Nagpur Railway Station connecting Nagpur and Bilaspur .
While addressing public meeting at AIMMS in Mihan area of Nagpur, the PM said some political parties were engaged in "shortcut" politics. Slamming such political parties and leaders he said they were betraying the voters and urged the people to expose such forces who were spending on the electorate.
Dubbing such political parties and leaders, adopting shortcuts as biggest enemies of the country, the PM said that those keen to grab power by making false promises cannot make a good government. He also urged such forces to understand the importance of development.
Referring to the projects inaugurated and dedicated to the Nation during the day, the PM said that they will give a new direction to development in Maharashtra.
The Bilaspur-Nagpur Vande Bharat Express, the premium train flagged off by the PM will complete its journey in five-and-a-half hours. The first "Vande Bharat Express" train was flagged off on February 15, 2019 on the New Delhi Kanpur-Allahabad- Varanasi route.
The PM, during his Nagpur visit also laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Nagpur Railway Station and Ajni Railway Station along with other projects worth more than Rs 75,000 crores in Maharashtra.
Vande Bharat
Indian Railways are already running 5 Vande Bharat Express Trains. This will bethe 6th Vande Bharat Express and it will cover the distance of 412 km between Nagpur and Bilaspur in 5 hours 20 minutes at an average speed of 77.25 kmph. It will halt at Raipur in between Nagpur and Bilaspur and run 6 days a week, except Saturday. Nagpur, the winter capital of the state of Maharashtra will be connected to Raipur, the capital of Chhatisgarh and Bilaspur, an important city of Chhatisgarh by this Vande Bharat Express.
Other Rail Projects
Prime Minister dedicated Government Maintenance Depot, Ajni (Nagpur) and Kohli-Narkher Section of Nagpur- Itarsi Third line project to the Nation. These projects have been developed at a cost of about Rs 110 crore and about Rs 450 crore respectively.
Nagpur railway station redevelopment project
Nagpur railway station redevelopment project is estimated to cost Rs. 589.22 crore. Project completion is 36 months. This project includes restoration of heritage station buildings on the west side to its original glory. The redeveloped station will have a spacious roof plaza with all passenger amenities; segregation of arrival/departure; multimodal integration with metro station city bus and other transport.
The redeveloped station building has provision of 28 lifts and 31 escalators. It will have multilevel parking facilities, smooth traffic flow; divyang friendly design; illumination, way finding signages, ease of movement, adequate waiting space and amenities, CCTVs, access control. The redeveloped buildings will be green buildings which will have solar energy, water conservation and rainwater harvesting.
Ajni Railway Station Redevelopment Project
Ajni railway station redevelopment project is estimated to cost Rs. 359.82 crore. Project will complete in 40 months. This project includes construction of iconic station buildings on both sides. The redeveloped station will have a spacious roof plaza with all passenger amenities; segregation of arrival/departure; multimodal integration with metro station, city bus and other transport.
The redeveloped station building has provision of 21 lifts, 17 escalators and 6 travelators. It will have multilevel parking facilities, smooth traffic flow; divyang friendly design; illumination, way finding signages, ease of movement, adequate waiting space and amenities, CCTVs, access control. All the buildings will be green buildings which will have solar energy, water conservation and rainwater harvesting.
Government Maintenance Depot, Ajni for 12000 HP WAG-12 freight locomotives
This Government Maintenance Depot at Ajni is part of Madhepura Electric Loco Project. It is one of the largest PPP Projects for Indian Railways, completed in August 2022 at an estimated cost of Depot is Rs.110 crore. This project is executed by Madhepura Electric Locomotives Pvt. Ltd, (MELPL), a joint venture between Ministry of Railways and M/s Alstom.
The total area of the Depot is 17 acres which will maintain 250 numbers of 12000 HP WAG-12 class of freight locomotives for hauling heavy freight trains; specially coal, iron ore and minerals. It can monitor locomotive health using Internet of Things (IoT). The uniqueness of the Depot is that it is a successful ‘Make in India’ model and part of one of the largest FDI investments for Indian Railways.
This Depot is equipped with modern facilities like automated loco washing plant with water recycling facility, under-floor pit wheel lathe machine, wheel press machine, roof access platform, horizontal press, vertical turret lathe, enclosed paint booth, modern equipment facilities like warehouse with modern storage system, electric scissor lift, fork lifts, gear case and motor mounting stations.
The Depot has green features like rainwater harvesting, zero discharge using effluent treatment plant and sewerage treatment plant, 100% LED lights, daylight panels, occupancy sensors, greenery and planned to provide 1 MW rooftop solar plant.
Kohli-Narkher section of Nagpur-Itarsi 3rd line project
The cost of Kohli-Narkher 49.74 km section is Rs 453 Crore. The section was commissioned in three phases viz. Katol – Kohli (24.63 km) on 15-03-2022; Narkher –Kalamba (15.06 km) on 24-06-2022 and Kalamba – Katol (10.05) km on 12-11-2022. Nagpur-Itarsi section on the Golden Diagonal route carries very high passenger and freight movements. This 3rd line project will help augment capacity and decongest traffic on the busy Nagpur-Itarsi section. It will also enable running of additional passenger and freight trains.
During his visit, the PM was accompanied by Maharashtra Governor Bhagatsingh Koshyari, Railway Minister Raosaheb Danve, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other prominent leaders.
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