Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the new trains introduced between Gandhinagar Capital-Varanasi and Gandhinagar Capital-Varetha on Friday via video conferencing. 

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Western Railway took to its Twitter handle and said "Today, Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will flag off the new trains introduced between Gandhinagar Capital-Varanasi & Gandhinagar Capital-Varetha. The regular run of these trains will commence from 17th July, 2021 onwards."

 

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Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, PM Modi said, "At 4:30 PM tomorrow, 16th July, a range of interesting development works will be inaugurated in Gujarat. These works cover the environment, nature, railways and science." 

 

 

"I have always wanted our Railway Stations to be of top quality, where apart from travels there is a boost to commerce, hospitality and more. One such effort has been made in Gandhinagar. The upgraded station will be inaugurated tomorrow," he added.

 

According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the upgradation of Gandhinagar Capital Railway station has been done at a cost of Rs 71 crore. The Station has been provided with world class amenities, at par with modern airports.

 

Special Care has been taken to make it a Divyang friendly station by providing it with a special ticket booking counter, ramps, lifts, dedicated parking space etc. The complete building is designed and provided with Green Building rating features, as per a report by ANI.

The Mahesana - Varetha Gauge conversion of 55 km has been completed at a cost of Rs 293 crores along with the electrification work at a cost of Rs 74 crores. It has a total of ten stations with four newly developed station buildings viz. Visnagar, Vadnagar, Kheralu and Varetha, as per a report by ANI.