Bullet Train expected to start by 2022 in August, on schedule
New Delhi: India’s ambitious project of setting up Bullet Train network in the country is expected to meet deadline. As per recent information, Bullet train might start from 2022. The earlier deadline was 2023 and National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) feels it is on schedule. The entire project is estimated at Rs 1.08-lakh-crore project with 80 per cent of the loan financed by Japan. The work on bullet train is racing against time as the work on the project started in December 2017. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has been mired with protests and controversy from land owners in Gujarat and Maharashtra over land acquisition. These protests are getting support from local groups and political parties. NHSRCL assures that it has not missed milestones set in its timeline. To built the entire network, NHSRCL will need 1,400 hectares, with 353 hectares in Maharashtra and the remaining in Gujarat. The requirement is further divided into 7,000 plots,...