Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Bengaluru to dedicate the Vande Bharat train running from Bengaluru to Mangaluru and Madgaon, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will conduct the same programme from Mangaluru Junction at 12 pm on Friday.The railway minister will visit Mangaluru Central railway station to inspect all ongoing railway works at 8 am. He will proceed to Udupi Krishna Mutt for darshan, and then inaugurate the All India Radio FM transmitter there. Afterward, he will return to the deputy commissioner’s office in Mangaluru to hold a comprehensive meeting with all public representatives, officials from the New Mangalore Port Authority, stakeholders who utilise the rakes, the district administration, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), and all relevant railway department officials, the MP said.After the dedication, the minister will travel on the same Vande Bharat train from Mangaluru via Kabaka Puttur up to Subrahmanya Road, interacting along the way with the public, students, and elected representatives.
