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Maharashtra: Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

Updated on: 23 February,2024 03:55 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Friday visited the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor

Maharashtra: Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

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Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday visited the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor which has been making steady progress since work began in November 2021. He also reviewed an under construction tunnel, reported the ANI.


The railway minister has been conducting regular reviews of India's first high speed corridor project.


While interacting with the media during his visit, he detailed the underwater rail tunnel and the project. Vaishnaw also accused the former Maharashtra government, led by Uddhav Thackeray, of not giving permission for the mega project during their tenure, as per the ANI.


"This tunnel is 21km long, out of which 7km will be undersea. The deepest point is 56mtr underwater. The tunnel is nearly 40 feet wide. The train will be able to move at a speed of 320km/hr inside the tunnel. Till the time the Maharashtra government was led by Uddhav Thackeray, he did not give permission for this project. But when Maharashtra Eknath Shinde assumed charge, we got a go-ahead," said Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday, according to the ANI.

"To speed up the process, some innovations have been made. Work is going on simultaneously from four directions... This is India's first high-speed corridor project... Our biggest aim in this project is to understand the complexity and the capability of its design," he added.

Further talking about time taken get the high speed rail network operational Vaishnaw said, "The first section of this high-speed train will open in July-August 2026 between Surat and Bilimora. The Shinkansen system is being installed in the high-speed railway project. It is one of the safest systems in the world..."

On Monday, National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) which has been tasked with overseeing the project shared a video of a tunnel for the bullet train that will pass through two states.

NHSRCL took to X and shared an aerial video of the tunnel which is flanked by the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. ''The MAHSR #bullettrain project tunnels through, connecting Maharashtra and Gujarat. A testament to engineering ingenuity that brings states closer on the route to progress,'' the caption of the video read.

(with ANI inputs)

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