Launch Of Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Expres event costed 1 crore budget

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Southern Railway Spends Nearly ₹1 Crore Over Launch Of Chennai-Coimbatore Vande Bharat Expres



Response to an RTI (Right to Information) plea received from Chennai Division of Southern Railway revealed that the taxpayers funds were misused during the launch of Vande Bharat Express between Chennai and Coimbatore. According to the response, the event management company Evoke Media received a payment of Rs 1, 05, 3, 624 (ten lakh fifty-three thousand) for their services, with the total expenditure for the event amounting to Rs 1,14,42,108 (one crore fourteen lakh). The revelation has stirred controversy and has drawn criticism from different parts of the country and the critics claim that such an expense is an unnecessary burden on taxpayers. Ajay Bose, a Mumbai-based RTI activist, made this public and also raised concerns regarding allocation of public funds.

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