It was exactly 10:52 am, when the Vande Bharat, semi-speed train departed from Platform 1 in Dharwad after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged it off virtually.
The train, which boasts of blending luxury with speed, would reach Bengaluru in less than seven hours during the initial days.
At the stage program in Dharwad, Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot expressed his happiness and gave a call for the youths to make India self-reliant in all sectors. Vande Bharat is an example of what the technocrats in India can prove. Similar efforts are required in other fields to lessen import and increase export, he added.
