<p>Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti has allayed fears about fire safety in Vande Bharat Express trains, saying these semi-high-speed trains have "very good" arrangements on this front.</p>.<p>Lahoti was talking to reporters in Indore on Sunday, days after a blaze erupted in the battery box of a coach of the Vande Bharat train heading from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal to New Delhi. No one was injured in the incident which occurred on July 17.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/fire-breaks-out-in-coach-of-bhopal-delhi-vande-bharat-express-passengers-safe-1237701.html">Fire breaks out in coach of Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express, passengers safe</a></strong></p>.<p>"There are no concerns regarding the safety of passengers in the Vande Bharat trains. There are also very good arrangements for fire prevention in these trains," Lahoti said.</p>.<p>The fire that broke out in the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat train was confined to the battery box only. As good safety arrangements were in place, the blaze was extinguished before it could spread, he said.</p>.<p>Asked about the Indore-Bhopal Vande Bharat train finding a few takers, Lahoti said they were taking a review of the issue and would find a solution.</p>.<p>The ticket fares of these trains were uniform across the country, he said, adding the seat occupancy in them was more than 95 per cent.</p>.<p>Lahoti was here to attend a meeting convened to review the rail projects in and around Indore.</p>
<p>Railway Board Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti has allayed fears about fire safety in Vande Bharat Express trains, saying these semi-high-speed trains have "very good" arrangements on this front.</p>.<p>Lahoti was talking to reporters in Indore on Sunday, days after a blaze erupted in the battery box of a coach of the Vande Bharat train heading from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal to New Delhi. No one was injured in the incident which occurred on July 17.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/fire-breaks-out-in-coach-of-bhopal-delhi-vande-bharat-express-passengers-safe-1237701.html">Fire breaks out in coach of Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express, passengers safe</a></strong></p>.<p>"There are no concerns regarding the safety of passengers in the Vande Bharat trains. There are also very good arrangements for fire prevention in these trains," Lahoti said.</p>.<p>The fire that broke out in the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat train was confined to the battery box only. As good safety arrangements were in place, the blaze was extinguished before it could spread, he said.</p>.<p>Asked about the Indore-Bhopal Vande Bharat train finding a few takers, Lahoti said they were taking a review of the issue and would find a solution.</p>.<p>The ticket fares of these trains were uniform across the country, he said, adding the seat occupancy in them was more than 95 per cent.</p>.<p>Lahoti was here to attend a meeting convened to review the rail projects in and around Indore.</p>