Vande Bharat Express is flagged off by PM Modi in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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At the Gandhinagar train station, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled the departure of the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express.

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At the Gandhinagar train station on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signaled the departure

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of the Gandhinagar-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express. On the second day of his visit to Gujarat,

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on Friday, he will open phase I of the Ahmedabad Metro train project and also introduce a number of initiatives totaling Rs 7,200 crore.

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At roughly 10.25 am, Modi signaled the Vande Bharat Express to depart from Gandhinagar

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The ambitious and much anticipated phase one of the Rs 12,925 crore Ahmedabad Metro

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project will be officially opened by the prime minister from Kalupur station, according to a state government press release.

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