Vande Bharat Express has been in news ever since the train was first introduced in February 2019. Since then the name of the train keeps coming in the news for one reason or the other. Sometimes these headlines are positive, and others lean towards the gray side. This time the train is in limelight due to a passenger misusing the facilities of the semi-high-speed train. A video clip showing a female passenger sitting on a tray behind the seat was shared on the internet.
In a video shared on the internet, a woman is seen sitting on a serving tray attached to the passenger seat. Trays are provided in the train to keep laptops or other small items during the journey. However, the girl in the video sat down with both feet on the tray while chatting with another passenger sitting in front of her.
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It is to be noted that the video was shared on the internet by one of his fellow passengers. Reports suggest that the incident took place on the Vande Bharat Express train running between New Delhi and Katra. Some more information suggests that the video was shared on March 5.
This is not the first time that the news of Vande Bharat train being damaged has come to the fore. Even before this, there have been many incidents of damaging the train from outside. For instance, trains have been pelted with stones on different routes in different states and have also been involved in accidents, killing of animals.
Meanwhile, the government has revealed the production plan for 102 Vande Bharat trains to be produced in India. 102 Vande Bharat rakes will be manufactured as per the design (35 in 2022-2023 and 67 in 2023-2024) at Indian Railways manufacturing units. A total of Rs 19479 crore has been allocated for the PH 21-Rolling Stock Project (Carriage), which is in charge of providing Vande Bharat trains with various coaches in the Revised Estimate for the financial year 2022-2023.