Glass-full of water doesn't spill a single drop on Bengaluru-Mysuru train; Watch this clip

A high-speed journey on the Bengaluru-Mysuru rail route was so smooth after intensive track maintenance work by the Indian Railways that it passed a "water test", said Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday. 

While travelling at a high speed, a glass filled with water on the table of the coach did not spill a single drop throughout the journey despite being filled to the brim. He shared a video of the water test on Twitter, saying the journey was "so smooth that not even a single drop of water spilt out while the train was travelling at high speed."

Piyush Goyal said it was the result of intensive track maintenance carried out recently between Bengaluru and Mysuru in Karnataka.

According to a Railway officer, the maintenance work on the 130 km stretch was undertaken over the past six months at a cost of ₹40 crores. The task involved ballast insertion, tamping of tracks and strengthening of embankments.

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