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News Reports

Bullet train to connect Ayodhya, Varanasi to New Delhi, part of effort to put city of Shri Ram on international tourist map: Details

OpIndia Staff - 22 August, 2021

The Bullet Train will connect New Delhi to three major pilgrimage cities in Uttar Pradesh that are Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya.

News Reports

While the country celebrates Olympics medals, P Chidambaram uses it to target Modi govt, says infrastructure funds should be diverted to sports

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2021

P Chidambaram said that money allocated to Central Vista, Bullet Train and other ‘vanity projects’ should be diverted to sports

News Reports

First phase of bullet train may be completed in Gujarat due to slow land acquisition in Maharashtra: Railway Board Chairman

OpIndia Staff - 27 December, 2020

More than 80% of land acquisition for bullet train has been done in Gujarat. However, it is taking time to acquire land in Maharashtra

Politics

Why is Congress obsessed with stopping Bullet Train and Central Vista?

Abhishek Banerjee - 26 April, 2020

It feel like Congress wants to scrap the Bullet Train and Central Vista as eventually they could not credit Rajiv Gandhi for envisioning them

Politics

From Lalu to Manmohan: Here is how opposition leaders were promising bullet trains during UPA regime

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2019

Lalu Prasad Yadav in 2009 was very excited about Bullet Trains in 2009 and Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister had given the nod to one between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

News Reports

Maharashtra’s bullet train funds to be given away as farm-loan waivers by Sena-NCP-Congress government

OpIndia Staff - 22 November, 2019

The share of Maharashtra in the cost of building the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail line will reportedly be given to farmers in the form of loan waivers.

Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

Keshav - 7 May, 2019

An analysis of the performance of the Railway ministry under Modi government

News Reports

Tenders floated for India’s first undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2019

The bullet train project is expected to be completed by August 2022

Media

Journalist exposes ignorance about road-safety, claims Expressways should not have speed limits

OpIndia Staff - 10 March, 2019

According to the National Criminal Bureau Record (NCRB) data, in 2015, the total road accidents in India accounted for 4,64,674 accidents which have resulted in 1,48,707 traffic-related deaths in India.

Media