Jammu, April 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Ranbir Singh Pathania, on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag-off the first Vande Bharat Express to Kashmir from Katra on April 19.
Pathania, who is also MLA from Udhampur East said, "History will be written in the political, social, and economic landscape of Kashmir. Kashmir is ours, and it was a dream to connect Kashmir with rail lines. We will warmly welcome PM Modi on April 19."
"The train services for the inaugural Vande Bharat would start from Katra temporarily since the Jammu railway station remains under construction," said, an official.
Pertinently, in the last week of January this year Indian Railways had conducted the trial run of the first Vande Bharat ...