Jammu, Feb. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi may flag off Vande Bharat Express to the Kashmir Valley in the third week of this month, likely from Katra town of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Official sources said that the Prime Minister is expected to flag off the specially designed Vande Bharat Express likely from the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Railway Station, Katra, in the Reasi district, marking a significant milestone in the completion of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.

The tentative date for the flag-off has been fixed for February 17, but an official announcement is yet to be made by the PMO, they said.

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