'Bullet train' like a 'magic train' which may not materialise: Rahul takes a jibe at PM Modi's dream project
Politics | July 04, 2018 19:45 ISTCongress president Rahul Gandhi also accused him of playing in the hands of select industrialists.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi also accused him of playing in the hands of select industrialists.
The train has feline motifs everywhere - both in the interior and outside - with seats, passages, windows and doors displaying detailed images and colours of the character.
He added that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed corridor has a deadline of December 2022 and said the Railways was hopeful of completing it by then.
A train set comprises 10 'standard' coaches, one of which will be business class. Food will be complimentary in business class and will be available in other coaches as well.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had last year launched the ambitious project, which is expected to be completed by 2022.
Japan's Transport ministry said that if the frame of the carriage had broken, the wheel shafts would have been affected and the train could have derailed.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal wrote an 884-word-long answer on Quora to the question 'Does India actually need a bullet train?'.
India's bullet train project has adopted a logo designed by a student of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.
P Chidambaram comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and Elphinstone claimed 22 lives.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid the foundation stone for India's first 508-km high-speed rail project in Ahmedabad.
India’s first bullet train, which is expected to hit tracks by 2022, will connect Ahmedabad to Mumbai, bringing the travel time down from seven hours to less than three
Slamming the bullet train project, NDA ally Shiv Sena on Thursday said the project was not a dream of the common man but that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Modi and Abe laid the foundation stone for India's first bullet train project, the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore (USD 17 billion) Ahmedabad-Mumbai line.
Since the Japanese have taken up the project in their hands, one hopes the project will be completed on time.
PM Modi said the credit for the quick rollout of bullet train project goes to “close friend” Japan.
Live Scorecard
Top News
Latest News
