Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Dec 29: PM Narendra Modi will flag off through video conferencing six trains including the Vande Bharat express between Mangaluru and Madgaon on December 30 at 10 am.
Meanwhile, a programme will be held at Mangaluru Central railway station. Speaker U T Khader, district in charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, opposition party leader Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Rajya Sabha member Dr Veerendra Heggade, MLA Vedavyas Kamath, MLCs Harish Kumar, Pratapsimha Nayak, B M Farooq, S S Bhojegowda and Manjunath Bhandary and Mayor Sudhir Shetty Kannur will take part in the programme.
The inaugural train will leave Mangaluru at 11 am and receive welcome at Suratkal, Mulky and other railway stations and reach Madgaon in the evening. Eminent personalities including MP Nalin will travel by the train. In the meantime, there is also a possibility of the fourth and fifth platform in Mangaluru central railway station getting inaugurated.