India, Sept. 29 -- Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday flagged off seven new trains from Bihar, including three Amrit Bharat Express services and four passenger trains, just months ahead of assembly elections in the state.

The new Amrit Bharat Express trains will run on the Darbhanga-Ajmer, Muzaffarpur-Hyderabad and Chhapra-Delhi routes.

"The focus of the government is on improving ease of living and travelling. These have been long-pending demands of the people from various parts of Bihar, which are getting fulfilled today," Vaishnaw said on Monday.

In the past 16 months, the government has approved projects worth over Rs.13,400 crore for Bihar. With elections around the corner, the series of announcements is likely to ...