After the bullet train high-speed rail corridor project between Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Indian Railways has started work on six new projects including Delhi-Varanasi. Private sector companies will be involved in the laying of railway lines in relation to high-speed rail corridors. The pace of these projects had slowed down due to Covid-19, but it has gained momentum since last week. In this, high priority will be given to the bullet train between Delhi and Varanasi.
Private investors will be invited to make the railways world class.
Vinod Kumar Yadav, chairman of the Indian Railway Board, said, “The government has taken steps towards making the railway modern and world-class.” It will require huge capital, for which private investors will be invited. Due to the global epidemic like Corona, many projects were stalled, which are now operational
High-speed corridor work in progress for bullet train running between Ahmedabad to Mumbai
The high-speed corridor is in progress for the bullet train running between Ahmedabad to Mumbai. States will also be partnered with Indian Railways. The National Highspeed Rail Corporation has issued a tender last week to make a detailed report (DPR) of the proposed high-speed rail corridor between Delhi-Varanasi.
Board chairman said- Bullet train will travel between Delhi and Varanasi in four and a half hours
The board chairman said that the bullet train will complete the 865 km distance between Delhi and Varanasi in four and a half hours. While this train will travel 1625 km from Delhi-Agra-Varanasi-Patna-Howrah. The second project will be 886 km between Delhi-Jaipur-Udaipur-Ahmedabad. The third project will be 753 km Mumbai-Nashik-Nagpur. The fourth will be 711 km long between Mumbai-Pune-Hyderabad. The fifth project will be 435 km long between Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore. The sixth project will be 459 km in length between Delhi-Chandigarh-Ludhiana-Amritsar. A detailed report of all these projects will come up by June 2021 next year.
15 countries of the world have high speed railway system
Complete preparation has been done on behalf of Indian Railways. The DPR will take care of the increasing demand of passengers and business activities between commercial cities. 15 countries of the world have such high speed railway system.
Yadav said- will be a new era for Indian Railways
Yadav said that high-speed trains with these modern technologies will complete the journey between two cities in a short time, while employment opportunities will be created. Environmental pollution will be minimal with fewer accidents. This will be a new era for Indian Railways.
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