Modi set to flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train from Haryana’s Jind

Modi set to flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train from Haryana’s Jind

In a push towards sustainable transport, modern health care and advanced connectivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Haryana, Chandigarh, and Punjab on Friday and unveil initiatives worth over ₹25,000 crore.

The highlight of the multi-State visit will be the flagging off of the NaMo Green Rail, India’s first-ever hydrogen-powered fuel cell train in Haryana’s Jind.

Designed and integrated indigenously, the 10-coach train is among the world’s longest and most powerful hydrogen-fuelled passenger trainsets. It is powered by a 3,200 horsepower propulsion system.

Unlike traditional trains, it generates its own electricity onboard through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and atmospheric oxygen, leaving behind water vapour.

The Prime Minister will then proceed to the Eklavya Stadium in Jind to lay foundation stones and dedicate to the nation national highway projects worth ₹12,470 crore, including the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway.

The 157.92-km, four-lane access-controlled stretch has been built at a cost of ₹9,680 crore and will reduce the travel time between Delhi and Katra from 14 hours to six hours. The Jind-Gohana Greenfield Highway (NH-352A) will reduce travel time from two hours to 40 minutes.

He will also lay the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Sikh museum in Kurukshetra to honour the legacy of the Sikh gurus. He will also dedicate to the nation new medical colleges in Bhiwani and Narnaul.

Healthcare facilities

In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will arrive in Chandigarh to inaugurate and commission healthcare and road infrastructure projects worth ₹4,700 crore in the city. The projects include PGIMER Chandigarh’s Advanced Mother and Child Centre, a 300-bed tertiary care facility tailored for high-risk pregnancies and intensive newborn treatment.

Mr. Modi will also inaugurate an advanced neurosciences centre, which will be an integrated hub offering neurology, neurosurgery, and neuro-critical care diagnostics under a single roof. He will lay the foundation stone for the PM-ABHIM Critical Care Block, a 150-bed emergency response and disaster backup facility.

Mr. Modi will also inaugurate the six-lane greenfield highway from IT City to Kurali (Mohali) to streamline inter-State transit between Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.

Concluding his tour in Jalandhar, the Prime Minister will dedicate rail and road infrastructure projects worth ₹5,470 crore.