Trying to stop 'Vikas' train? After West Bengal, stones pelted on Vande Bharat train in Andhra days before being flagged off by PM Modi
The train was set to be flagged off from Secunderabad Railway Station by PM Modi. It was scheduled to operate between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in approximately eight hours.
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Visakhapatnam, January 12: A week after West Bengal's Vande Bharat stone pelting incident, a similar event took place in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. In yet another incident, stones were pelted on the Vande Bharat train in Visakhapatnam, which was scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 19. The incident occurred during maintenance.
As per the information given by the Divisional Railway Manager, the glass pane of a coach of Vande Bharat train was damaged near Visakhapatnam's Kancharapalem area.DRM Anup said, "Today, at around 6:30 PM, the Vande Bharat train moving from Vishakapatnam Railway Station to Coaching Complex was damaged by stone pelting by unidentified anti-social elements. The RPF has registered a case and is investigating the matter."
The train was set to be flagged off from Secunderabad Railway Station by PM Modi. It was scheduled to operate between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam in approximately eight hours. The intermediate stops envisaged for the train include Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry.
Stones were pelted on Vande Bharat Express on trial run near Kancharapalem in Visakhapatnam.
— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) January 11, 2023
The train is scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister @narendramodi on 19 January.
Pointless vandalism or someone/some party is instigating these attacks?
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Earlier, in the first week of the month, the newly inaugurated Howrah-New Jalpaiguri semi-high-speed train was vandalised by some miscreant. The incident was reported merely two days after PM Modi flagged off the train via video conferencing.
The semi-high-speed electric train, running between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, both in West Bengal, passes through Bihar with a brief halt at Barsoi in Katihar district, adjoining Kishanganj. Vande Bharat Express between Howrah and New Jalpaiguri railway stations was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30 and commercial service on the route started on January 1.