hyderabad flagging off the first vande bharat express between two telugu states prime minister narendra modi has said that faster connectivity for the people of secunderabad warangal vijayawada and visakhapatnam will aid in the socioeconomic development of the region addressing railway employees and the public virtually at secunderabad railway station on sunday modi informed that telangana witnessed major rail development in the past eight years he said that the budget outlay for 202223 for telangana has been put at 3048 crore almost 12 times more than the allocation made in 201415 which was 258 crore onlythe centre has strengthened rail infrastructure in andhra pradesh improved rail connectivity has paved the way for businesses and improved ease of living in the regions modi said the train would also reduce travelling time between secunderabad and visakhapatnam citing that over 40 lakh passengers have travelled in the train modi said that the vande bharat abhiyan was developing fast across the nation the pm stated that the vande bharat express is proof of fast developing india and a true example of aathmanirbhar bharat as the train was developed at the integral coach factory icf chennai addressing the gathering union railway minister ashwini vaishnaw stated that this was the first stateoftheart train exclusively for a day journey between these two cities and the first vande bharat train in telugu states further the minister said that the railway budget allocated for telangana provides an opportunity to develop railways in the state in a big way he also stated that secunderabad station was being redeveloped with worldclass facilities and ultramodern amenities in addition 34 railway stations across telangana were going to be redeveloped shortly the train was flagged off physically by the railway minister at platform 10 of the secunderabad station while the prime minister gave the green signal virtually the inaugural run of the train travelled across various stations including cherlapalli kazipet bhongir and many others to showcase the new brainchild of indian engineers to passengers across the route