{"id":352375,"date":"2025-02-11T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=352375"},"modified":"2025-02-11T05:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T11:20:36","slug":"pm-modi-to-inaugurate-kashmirs-first-vande-bharat-train-on-february-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-kashmirs-first-vande-bharat-train-on-february-17\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi to inaugurate Kashmir\u2019s first Vande Bharat train on February 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"784\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/PM-Modi-to-inaugurate-Kashmirs-first-Vande-Bharat-train-on-February-17-2-e1739272497842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/PM-Modi-to-inaugurate-Kashmirs-first-Vande-Bharat-train-on-February-17-2-e1739272497842.jpg 784w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/PM-Modi-to-inaugurate-Kashmirs-first-Vande-Bharat-train-on-February-17-2-e1739272497842-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/PM-Modi-to-inaugurate-Kashmirs-first-Vande-Bharat-train-on-February-17-2-e1739272497842-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/02\/PM-Modi-to-inaugurate-Kashmirs-first-Vande-Bharat-train-on-February-17-2-e1739272497842-696x355.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar<em>:&nbsp;<\/em>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat Express to Kashmir on February 17, marking a major milestone in the completion of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official confirmed that the Prime Minister will inaugurate the specially designed train from the Jammu division, fulfilling a long-awaited dream of rail connectivity to the Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the USBRL project, Indian Railways has conducted multiple successful trial runs over some of India\u2019s most iconic railway bridges. These include the Anji Khad Bridge, featuring a 331-meter-high pylon, and the Chenab Bridge, which, at 359 meters, is the world\u2019s highest railway bridge, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to withstand Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s extreme winter conditions, the train is equipped with advanced climate-resistant technologies. It includes heating systems to prevent water and bio-toilet tanks from freezing, an optimized air-brake system for smooth operations in sub-zero temperatures,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar:&nbsp;Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Vande Bharat Express to Kashmir on February 17, marking a major milestone in the completion of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project. An official confirmed that the Prime Minister will inaugurate the specially designed train from the Jammu division, fulfilling a long-awaited dream of rail connectivity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":352376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16181,15520,16766],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352375"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352379,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352375\/revisions\/352379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/352376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}