WATCH: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya shares video of speeding Vande Bharat train near water body

Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday shared a video of a Vande Bharat Train passing over a water body on his Twitter handle. The reflection of the train falling beautifully in the water has caught the attention of Twitterati who have shared and liked the video a lot and are all praises for it.

Mandaviya captioned the video, "What a capture #VandeBharat". Indeed the capture is so beautiful that one will wish to see it again and again. The white-bodied train passing in high-speed over the water body portrays as if there are two trains passing in the stretch.

Watch video here:

Railway Ministry inks deal with Tata Steel to provide seating system, panelling for 22 Vande Bharat trains

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Railways has signed an agreement with Tata Steel for providing seating system, panelling for 22 Vande Bharat trains as one of its vendors.

The Ministry of Railways has set a production target of 200 Vande Bharat trains over the next two years, besides setting a target to run the first sleeper version of Vande Bharat by the first quarter of 2024.

Keeping this in view, an agreement has been signed with Tata Steel to speed up the production work.

The seats in 22 Vande Bharat trains, from first AC to three-tier coaches, will now be manufactured by Tata Steel. The contract for making Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches of the train has also been given to the company, under which structures of panels, windows etc. are being prepared.

Under the scheme, the Railways has given a tender of about Rs 145 crore to the multinational steel company for manufacturing the parts of the train, which is to be completed in 12 months.

Debashish Bhattacharya, Vice President (Technology and New Materials Business), Tata Steel, said: "The seats of this train are specially designed, which can rotate up to 180-degree and have aircraft-like passenger amenities which are a first in India."

(with agency inputs)