According to the guidelines set by the Indian Railways, individuals who engage in stone pelting or vandalising the Vande Bharat train or railway property can face imprisonment for up to five years.
Once flagged off by PM Modi later this months, the Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur Vande Bharat Express will become the 15th Vande Bharat train to run in India.
Jaipur: Before flagging off Vande Bharat Express train in Rajasthan via video conferencing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday that India had inherited a fairly big railway network at the time of Independence, but the Railways was turned into ‘Rajnitik Akhara and Swarth” (an arena of politics and selfishness).
“Political interest dominated the need for modernisation in the years after
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who flagged off Rajasthan's first Vande Bharat Express on Wednesday, said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended the programme despite a political crisis in the state.
New Delhi, April 12: Coming down heavily on the previous governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged that selfish and mean politics had always overshadowed the modernisation of the Indian Railways in the past.