Railway MInister Suresh Prabhu launches Vistadome coach at Visakhapatnam

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Sunday laid the foundation stone and dedicated various railway initiatives to the nation at Rail sadan in Bhubaneswar through video conferencing.

The Minister dedicated Vistadome coach and laid foundation stone for mechanised laundry under BOOT model at Visakhapatnam. He also inaugurated Life Line Express at Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) in the presence of Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain, Visakhapatnam MP K. Haribabu, Visakhapatnam North MLA P. Vishnukumar Raju, and others at Rail Sadan.

While flagging off the train with new Vistadome coach between Visakhapatnam and Araku, Mr. Prabhu said that the vistadome coach had features like glass roof, LED lights, rotable seats, GPS based info system, etc. will offer to tourists to enjoy scenic beauty not



only at destination but also along the journey.

He also said that the mechanised laundry under BOOT model at Visakhapatnam would significantly improve the quality of linen leading to enhanced passenger satisfaction.

Inaugurating the Life Line Express-Sindhudurg of Konkan Railway, he said that it would be a great help to the poor patients.

Earlier, General Manager of east Coast Railway Umesh Singh welcomed the gathering.

A function was also arranged at Visakhapatnam railway station where a large number of public representatives including Araku MP Kothapalli Geetha, MLAs Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, K. Sarveswara Rao, V.Ganesh Kumar, PGVR Naidu, and P Srinivasa Rao along with Divisional Railway Manager Chandralekha Mukherjee, were present.