The two new Vande Bharat Express trains flagged off by PM Modi on Friday became the first trains in the Indian Railways' history to ascend the two steep Ghats or mountainous sections near Mumbai without using additional locomotives.
Both the Sahyadri Ghats, with a gradient of 1:37 (for every 37-metre run there is a rise of one metre), are among the steepest and the toughest in the county.
Vande Bharat trains will not use the extra locomotive called to push it from the rear. Instead, these medium-high speed trains will use parking brake technology.
Five persons were killed and another 4 critically injured when their speeding SUV rammed into a trailer truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway just before midnight on Thursday, police said on Friday.The nine persons, who were from Mumbai, were .
Five persons were killed and another 4 critically injured when their speeding SUV rammed into a trailer truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway just before midnight on Thursday, police said on Friday. Mumbai Road Accident: Speeding SUV Rams Into Moving Trailer Truck on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Five Killed.
Bollywood actor Malaika Arora sustained minor injuries on her forehead after her car was involved in a pile-up in the Ghat area in Khopoli along Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Saturday evening. Arora was immediately rushed to Apollo Hospital in Navi Mumbai, said Khopoli police.