Vande Bharat loco pilots to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
The HinduTen Vande Bharat loco pilots, including India’s first woman loco pilot, Surekha Yadav of Central Railway, will participate in the oath-taking ceremony of PM-elect Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June 9. Other loco pilots and assistant loco pilots were nominated from West Central Railway, North Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway, South Central Railway, South Western Railway, Northern Railway and North Frontier Railway. Some employees working in the making of the Vande Bharat and Vande Metro rakes have also been invited, railway sources added. The first Vande Bharat, rolled out as ‘Train18’, was developed by engineers at the Integral Coach Factory, here, with 87% indigenous components manufactured under the “Make in India” initiative and designed with a maximum operating speed of 160 kmph.