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Hydrogen Train | MOBILITY

The Most Powerful PM Modi Gifts
Hydrogen Train Development Projects to
3,200 Haryana

n Flagged off the country’s first
hydrogen-powered train running
Horsepower - this is the between Jind and Sonipat.
world's longest and most n Laid the foundation stone for national
powerful hydrogen train. highway projects in Haryana worth over
₹12,470 crore.
n Hydrogen trains emerged
globally only about 7–8 n Dedicated to the nation is the 157.92
years ago. Currently, only 3 km long, four-lane, fully accessible
or 4 countries in the world Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway,
possess the capability to developed at a cost of approximately
operate hydrogen trains. ₹9,680 crore.
n Inaugurated the 33.81 km long, four-
lane, partially access-controlled Ambala-
Kala Amb Highway (on NH-7 and
Defining the 21st-Century Railway NH-344).
Steam engines defined the 19th-century railway. The 20th n Inaugurated the 40.60 km long Jind-
century was defined by diesel and electric trains, and Gohana Greenfield Highway (on NH-
now, the 21st-century railway is defined by hydrogen- 352A).
powered trains.
n Laid the foundation stone for the
Electrification of the Rail Network Hansi-Barwala Brownfield Highway
Between 1925 and 2014 – a span of nearly 90 years – project and inaugurated the elevated
only 30% of the country's rail network was electrified. railway track in Kurukshetra.
However, in the last 12 years, approximately 99% of n Dedicated major medical institutions to
India's rail network has been electrified. the nation, including Pandit Neki Ram
Sharma Government Medical College
Jind Connected to Five National (Bhiwani) and Maharshi Chyavan

Highways Medical College & Rao Tula Ram
Jind has now become a district connected to five national Hospital (Koriawas, Narnaul).
highways. Such connectivity will make it easier and more n Laid the foundation stone for a Sikh
cost-effective for local farmers and livestock rearers to museum in Kurukshetra, further
transport their produce to major markets. It will boost
industries and tourism, thereby creating a large number enriching the region’s cultural
of new jobs. infrastructure.

many new employment opportunities for the youth highways, has seen three major projects launched
of Haryana. Comparing the historic first train journey from this very stage. The Haryana section of the
between Mumbai and Thane to the hydrogen train, Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway has been inaugu-
PM Modi said that Jind, along with the hydrogen train, rated. The Jind–Gohana National Highway has been
will be etched in the pages of history as a symbol of dedicated to the nation. In addition, the Ambala–Kala
advanced green transportation for future gener- Amb four-lane road will bring enormous convenience
ations. Jind, which is being connected by so many to the people of both Haryana and Himachal. n

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