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PM Modi in Ahmedabad, to flag off India’s 1st Vande Metro service. 10 points

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 16 will flag off India’s first Vande Bharat Metro. The first Vande Bharat Metro service will be launched between Bhuj and Ahmedabad. Not just this, the Prime Minister will also flag off several other Vande Bharat trains today. This is also Modi’s first visit to his home state after being sworn in as PM for a third straight term in June.
The Ahmedabad-Bhuj Vande Metro service will stop at nine stations and cover the 360-kilometre distance in 5 hours and 45 minutes at a top speed of 110 kilometres per hour.
Official told news agency PTI that the train will depart from Bhuj at 5:05 am and reach Ahmedabad Junction at 10:50 am.
PM Modi will flag off Vande Bharat trains on routes including Kolhapur-Pune, Pune-Hubballi, Nagpur-Secunderabad, Agra Cantt to Banaras, and Durg to Visakhapatnam. The first 20-coach Vande Bharat train will run between Varanasi and Delhi, as per a PMO release.
Additionally, The prime minister will also inaugurate a 30 MW solar system, a 35 MW BESS Solar PV Project at Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station, Kutch, and 220 Kilovolt substations at Morbi and Rajkot. 
Furthermore, he will introduce the Single Window IT System (SWITS) developed by the International Financial Services Centres Authority to enhance the efficiency of financial services.
The prime minister will also sanction over 30,000 houses under the PMAY-Gramin and release the first instalment for these homes, as well as launch construction of houses under the PMAY scheme today.
 

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