India inaugurated a high-speed train, but hit a cow during its first trip – 17/02/2019

It is well known that cows in India are sacred and that their appearance is common on the roads or in the center of cities, almost next to vehicles and people. However, what has happened in the last few hours with one of these animals almost ends in tragedy.

The Indian government has inaugurated the country's fastest train, but the first trip had to be suspended after hitting a cow that crossed the tracks.

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A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cut the tape of the Vande Bharat Express, which covers the New Delhi-Varanasi line.

Modi and his entourage had traveled from the capital to Varanasi last Friday, but a day later, the locomotive encountered a cow in reverse, leaving the convoy of four cars without light and damaging the braking system.

The train was finally able to reach its destination in New Delhi an hour later than planned, said a spokeswoman for the company, Smita Vats Sharma, to AFP.

Cow collisions are common on routes and railway lines, especially in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where this incident occurred.

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The Vande Bharat Express can reach a speed of 180 km / h. The journey between New Delhi and Varanasi, the sacred city of Hinduism at the edge of the Ganges, stretches for 850 km.

According to official figures, about 23 million Indians They use the train daily.