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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that the Indian Railways is working to strengthen the infrastructure in the spirit of ‘Nation First, Always First’. He added that the Prime Minister desires that the identity of the city be visible in the railway stations of different cities.
While interacting with students of BHU and IIT, BHU in Varanasi, he said that the railway station should be the one connecting both the parts of the city. The expansion of the railway station is being done to achieve this.
“Along with this, capacities are being augmented so that people get rid of waiting lists, hassles and delays in train movements,” he added.
Vaishnaw said that ten years earlier, very less manufacturing used to happen in rail and other sectors including electronics in the country. Today, with the support of Indian engineers, manufacturing is done on a large scale within the country itself.
The minister informed that Vande Bharat Express trains equipped with modern facilities will run across the country. Work is being done to achieve this. He said that Varanasi Junction and Kashi station are being revamped into world class stations. These stations are being redeveloped keeping in view the needs of the next 50 years.
He informed that the Union Cabinet gave approval to redevelop 50 railway stations in the country including Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Charbagh Lucknow, Chennai, Bengaluru Cantt, Madurai. Work has started in 45 railway stations.
The Minister said that Indian Railways works to connect the whole country. Kashi Tamil Sangamam fulfills the Prime Minister’s vision of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
Earlier, Ashwini Vaishnaw interacted with the students of Banaras Hindu University. He paid tributes to the statue of Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.
