PM Modi virtually flags off six new Vande Bharat trains in Odisha, Bihar
Two new Vande Bharat express trains on Sunday started their journey from Odisha's Brahmapur and Rourkela after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off six such trains in Jharkhand.
The two trains flagged off from Odisha are Rourkela-Howrah and Brahmapur-Tatanagar. Special functions were organised at Brahmapur and Rourkela railway stations for the flagging-off ceremony.
Odisha Governor Raghubar Das and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi were present at Rourkela and Brahmapur railway stations when the Prime Minister flagged off six Vande Bharat Express trains of which two started running through Odisha on Sunday.
The governor graced the inauguration of Rourkela-Howrah Vande Bharat at Rourkela railway station, while Majhi attended the flagging off of Brahmapur-Tatanagar Vande Bharat at Brahmapur railway station. The CM boarded the Vande Bharat Express at Brahmapur to travel to state capital Bhubaneswar.
The chief minister said the new Vande Bharat train will connect Odisha's