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  • Next generation Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 kmph: Vaishnaw

    By PTI

    AURANGABAD: The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture nearly 1,600 coaches for the upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express trains in the coming years and each of them will cost Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

    He said the advanced version of Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 km per hour (kmph).

    Vaishnaw was addressing the ‘Destination Marathwada’ event, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday evening.

    “The next version of Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will be manufactured at the facility in Latur. Each coach will cost Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The project will create opportunities for companies located in radius of 400 km to 500 km,” he added.

    Talking about the next generation of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw said, “The maximum speed of these trains will be 200 kmph as compared to 180 kmph now. First coach of this version will be rolled out in the next 15 to 16 months.”

    On challenges in manufacturing the semi-high-speed trains, the minister said, “We succeeded in bringing down the noise level inside them to 60-65 decibels which is less than an aircraft (85-90 decibels).”

    The speed of laying railway tracks has gone up since 2014, he said. “The speed of laying railway tracks was 4 km per day prior to 2014. This has now reached 12 km per day and the government intends to scale this up to 20 km per day,” Vaishnaw said.

    Aurangabad will get 5G internet facility before March 31, 2023, he said. The Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) will be projected as an investment destination by the railway ministry, Vaishnaw said.

    AURANGABAD: The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture nearly 1,600 coaches for the upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express trains in the coming years and each of them will cost Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

    He said the advanced version of Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 km per hour (kmph).

    Vaishnaw was addressing the ‘Destination Marathwada’ event, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday evening.

    “The next version of Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will be manufactured at the facility in Latur. Each coach will cost Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The project will create opportunities for companies located in radius of 400 km to 500 km,” he added.

    Talking about the next generation of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw said, “The maximum speed of these trains will be 200 kmph as compared to 180 kmph now. First coach of this version will be rolled out in the next 15 to 16 months.”

    On challenges in manufacturing the semi-high-speed trains, the minister said, “We succeeded in bringing down the noise level inside them to 60-65 decibels which is less than an aircraft (85-90 decibels).”

    The speed of laying railway tracks has gone up since 2014, he said. “The speed of laying railway tracks was 4 km per day prior to 2014. This has now reached 12 km per day and the government intends to scale this up to 20 km per day,” Vaishnaw said.

    Aurangabad will get 5G internet facility before March 31, 2023, he said. The Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) will be projected as an investment destination by the railway ministry, Vaishnaw said.

  • Next generation Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 kmph: Vaishnaw

    By PTI

    AURANGABAD: The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture nearly 1,600 coaches for the upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express trains in the coming years and each of them will cost Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

    He said the advanced version of Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 km per hour (kmph).

    Vaishnaw was addressing the ‘Destination Marathwada’ event, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday evening.

    “The next version of Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will be manufactured at the facility in Latur. Each coach will cost Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The project will create opportunities for companies located in radius of 400 km to 500 km,” he added.

    Talking about the next generation of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw said, “The maximum speed of these trains will be 200 kmph as compared to 180 kmph now. First coach of this version will be rolled out in the next 15 to 16 months.”

    On challenges in manufacturing the semi-high-speed trains, the minister said, “We succeeded in bringing down the noise level inside them to 60-65 decibels which is less than an aircraft (85-90 decibels).”

    The speed of laying railway tracks has gone up since 2014, he said. “The speed of laying railway tracks was 4 km per day prior to 2014. This has now reached 12 km per day and the government intends to scale this up to 20 km per day,” Vaishnaw said.

    Aurangabad will get 5G internet facility before March 31, 2023, he said. The Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) will be projected as an investment destination by the railway ministry, Vaishnaw said.

    AURANGABAD: The Marathwada Rail Coach Factory at Latur in central Maharashtra will manufacture nearly 1,600 coaches for the upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express trains in the coming years and each of them will cost Rs 8 crore to Rs 9 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.

    He said the advanced version of Vande Bharat trains will be able to attain maximum speed of 200 km per hour (kmph).

    Vaishnaw was addressing the ‘Destination Marathwada’ event, organised by the Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA), in Aurangabad on Monday evening.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    “The next version of Vande Bharat trains will be manufactured in Marathwada. Nearly 1,600 coaches will be manufactured at the facility in Latur. Each coach will cost Rs 8 crore to 9 crore. The project will create opportunities for companies located in radius of 400 km to 500 km,” he added.

    Talking about the next generation of Vande Bharat Express, Vaishnaw said, “The maximum speed of these trains will be 200 kmph as compared to 180 kmph now. First coach of this version will be rolled out in the next 15 to 16 months.”

    On challenges in manufacturing the semi-high-speed trains, the minister said, “We succeeded in bringing down the noise level inside them to 60-65 decibels which is less than an aircraft (85-90 decibels).”

    The speed of laying railway tracks has gone up since 2014, he said. “The speed of laying railway tracks was 4 km per day prior to 2014. This has now reached 12 km per day and the government intends to scale this up to 20 km per day,” Vaishnaw said.

    Aurangabad will get 5G internet facility before March 31, 2023, he said. The Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) will be projected as an investment destination by the railway ministry, Vaishnaw said.

  • Latur woman with 15 per cent eyesight clears UPSC civil services exam

    By PTI

    LATUR: Among the 761 people who cleared the UPSC civil services exam 2020 on Friday was 30-year-old Pooja Kadam from Latur in Maharashtra, who achieved success with just 15 per cent eyesight.

    Kadam, from Taka village in Ausa tehsil here, secured 577th rank in the exams, this being her second attempt.

    She graduated from Fergusson College in Pune and did her post-graduation in Political Science from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi.

    Kadam is the youngest of four sisters and her father is a teacher in a village school.

    The Union Public Service Commission on Friday declared results of the examination, conducted annually to select IAS, IFS and IPS officers, among other civil servants.

    A total of 761 candidates cleared the coveted civil services examination 2020, with engineering graduates Shubham Kumar, an IIT Bombay graduate, and Jagrati Awasthi, who completed B.

    Tech (electrical engineering) from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, bagging the first and second ranks respectively.

  • 95 kilos of cannabis recovered from car, three held in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    LATUR: Police on Wednesday arrested three persons at Latur in Maharashtra and seized nearly 95 kg cannabis from the car they were travelling in, officials said.

    The Latur MIDC police took the action by laying a trap on the stretch between Khadgaon Road to 5 number chowk, they said.

    “Acting on a tip-off, the police found a car that was heading towards the chowk. The police team stopped the vehicle and during its search, they found 94.6 kg cannabis packed in 43 plastic bags,” an official said.

    Three persons- Vaibhav Ranba Ujgare (22), Manoj Sheshrao Jogeshwari (20) and Premnath Chandrakant Shinde (20)- who were found travelling in the car, were arrested, he said.

    Police said that they have seized the car and registered a case against the trio.

  • 44 students test COVID-19 positive at hostel in Maharashtra’s Latur

    By PTI
    LATUR: A total of 44 students residing in a hostel in MIDC area near Maharashtra’s Latur city tested COVID-19 positive on Thursday, a health department official said.

    Last month, 47 other students from the same hostel were found infected, he said.

    The hostel is located near an English-medium school on the outskirts of the city.

    This hostel provides accommodation to students between Class 8 and 10, the official said.

    “After testing positive, these students were moved to a local quarantine centre, where they are being treated,” he said.

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    Meanwhile, a total of 146 people tested coronavirus positive in Latur district during the day, officials said.

    Of these, 91 are residents of areas located within the the Latur Municipal Corporation limits.

    Forty-one patients recovered from the infection and one patient died due to it on Thursday.

    So far, 715 patients have died due the virus in the district, the officials said.

  • ABVP protests in Maharashtra’s Latur for reopening of colleges

    By PTI
    LATUR: The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Tuesday held a protest in Latur demanding that colleges be reopened for classroom teaching as other sectors had started operations post the shutdown for the coronavirus outbreak.

    A functionary of the students’ outfit said that the protest was held in front of Dayanand College and Swami Ramanand Teerth University Sub-Centre in Peth here. Police said that a few protesters were detained and then released some time later.

    Incidentally, in a meeting chaired by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on January 29, vice chancellors of all 20 public universities in Maharashtra had demanded the resumption of classroom teaching in colleges.