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India to get first bullet train by 2026? Read here what Ashwini Vaishnaw said

The Railway Minister made a claim while he was in Surat to inspect the progress of the government's ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project

Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI )Premium
Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw (ANI )

SURAT : Indian might gets its first operational bullet train by the year 2026, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. 

Ashwini Vaishnaw further mentioned that good progress was being made into making the first bullet train of India operational between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026. 

There has been good progress in the construction of infrastructure for the bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, and the work is being done at a high speed, the railway minister assured. 

He was in Surat to inspect the progress of the government's ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.

"We are keeping the target of running the first bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in 2026. The progress is very good, and we are confident of running the train by that time," he told reporters.

Bilimora is a town in Navsari district of south Gujarat. The project is aimed at running the bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai on a high speed rail (HSR) corridor at a speed of 320 kmph, covering a distance of 508 km and 12 stations. 

The bullet train is expected to reduce the travel time between the two cities to about three hours from the current six hours.  The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding 81% of project cost which is estimated at 1.1 lakh crore. 

Vaishnaw said pillars for the bullet train project have been put up on 61 km of the route and work is underway on around 150 km of the stretch. 

The Railway minister harped on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious vision for the railway system in India. 

"It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to provide ultra modern and best services, such as redevelopment of railway stations, new Vande Bharat trains, Kavach (automatic train protection system), bullet trains...We are working to fulfil the aspirations of 130 crore Indians," he said. 

Vaishnav inspected the operation of a segmental casting yard of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor near Vaktana village in Choryasi taluka of Surat, and also visited the under-construction Antroli railway station under the project. 

Later, he also visited the project site at Nasilpore in Navsari along with Minister of State for Railways Darshana Jardosh. Asked about the progress of the bullet train project in neighbouring Maharashtra, Vaishnaw said it was slow due to land acquisition issues. He said Maharashtra should work with the spirit of cooperation and collaboration on the project. 

"This is a national project and there should not be any politics over it," he said. "I believe we would set an example of working together on this project...The progress (in Maharashtra section) is slow. We hope there will be more progress," he said. 

But, at the same time, the 352 km section in Gujarat is also sufficiently long, he said, adding that the focus will remain on Gujarat until the work of land acquisition in Maharashtra is completed. 

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Published: 06 Jun 2022, 03:26 PM IST
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