Ashwini Vaishnaw announces Bengaluru-Mangaluru Vande Bharat, 73-minute high-speed rail connection to Chennai

He said that 12 pairs of Vande Bharat trains are currently operational in Karnataka, and that the entire state will be included in this initiative in the future. “This is my promise to you, and just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji’s government has consistently fulfilled its commitments, this promise will also be kept,” he said.

“Two major high-speed rail projects, from Bengaluru to Chennai and from Bengaluru to Hyderabad, have been approved. The Bengaluru-Chennai journey is expected to take just 73 minutes and Bengaluru-Hyderabad 2 hours approximately,” he added.

Vaishnaw also said that a premium train will soon be operational between Bengaluru and Mumbai, and that the request for the Pune-Bengaluru rail corridor will be considered.

Vaishnaw also launched the Qualcomm 2 nm semiconductor chip in Bengaluru Saturday. “We started with 28 nanometres as it would cover about 75 per cent of the needs, ranging from automotive, telecom, power management and strategic requirements. In a short time frame from 2022 to now, 315 universities have adopted key electronic design automation (EDA) tools from Synopsis, Cadence, or Siemens to design chips. Students from remote universities and colleges are designing chips, getting them taped out, and validating them during actual operation.”