Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate several development projects worth ₹82,000 crore in Gujarat.
PM Modi to visit Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to his home state of Gujarat on Monday, his first since the success of Operation Sindoor. Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate several development projects in Gujarat costing ₹82,000 crore. Today, during his Gujarat visit, PM Modi will flag off two new trains, including the Vande Bharat Express, via video conferencing from Dahod.
Dilip Kumar, Executive Director (Information & Publicity), Railway Board, stated that the new services include the Sabarmati-Veraval Vande Bharat Express and the Valsad-Dahod Express. PM Modi first arrived in Dahod, where he will inaugurate the Loco Manufacturing Shop-Rolling Stock Workshop. After the inauguration, PM Modi will address the people in Kharod and Dahod. He will also lay the foundation stone for railway and other government projects worth ₹24,000 crore.
Prime Minister Modi will flag off the Somnath-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat train and inaugurate the railway production unit in Dahod, established under the ‘Make in India’ initiative at a cost exceeding ₹21,000 crore.
The Sabarmati-Veraval Vande Bharat Express will connect Sabarmati station to Veraval, near the famous Somnath Temple. This train will run six days a week, excluding Thursdays. It will have eight coaches and is expected to greatly benefit pilgrims and tourists visiting Somnath, one of Gujarat's most prominent pilgrimage sites.
The second train, the Valsad-Dahod Express, will run daily between Valsad and Dahod. It will have 17 coaches and cover a distance of 346 kilometres. It will depart from Valsad at 5:50 AM. Train number 19011 will run from Valsad to Dahod, while train number 19012 will run between Dahod and Valsad. The Valsad-Dahod Express will stop at 12 stations en route: Bilimora Junction, Navsari, Surat, Ankleshwar Junction, Bharuch Junction, Miyagam Karjan, Vadodara Junction, Samlaya Junction, Derol, Godhra Junction, Piplod Junction, and Limkheda. It will operate on all days of the week.