'Uttarakhand is getting its first Vande Bharat Express today from Dehradun to Delhi. This Express will reduce the travelling time of the people,' PM Modi said during the virtual flagging off ceremony.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kochi on Monday for a two-day visit to Kerala during which he will be attending several programmes and also meet with senior church leaders.
Three buffaloes were killed after wandering on to the track, highlighting the need to build fences around the tracks to permit the trains to travel at higher speeds.
The prime minister also inaugurated the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro rail project on the second day of his two-day visit to Gujarat, where assembly elections are due by the year-end.