Prime Minister Narendra Modi after flagging off the Vande Bharat Express from Howrah to New Jalpaiguri virtually on Friday, asserted that the Union government is transforming the country’s railway infrastructure by making record investments.
The Prime Minister who also launched four railway projects for West Bengal and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of the New Jalpaiguri railway station, pointed out that railway stations, including New Jalpaiguri, are being developed on the lines of airports. In all the railway projects inaugurated by him for West Bengal are estimated to be worth more than Rs 5,000 crore.
