Modi, Abe lay foundation of India’s first Bullet Train Project

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New Delhi : PM Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe jointly laid the foundation stone of India’s first high speed rail project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad on September 14, 2017.

Addressing a large public meeting at Ahmedabad on the occasion, PM Modi spoke of the high ambition and willpower of “New India.” He congratulated the people of India on the occasion and said that the bullet train project will provide speed and progress and deliver results quickly. He said the government’s focus is on increasing productivity through high speed connectivity. The Prime Minister thanked Japan for the technical and financial help given to India for this project. He praised Prime Minister Abe for the fact that this project was launched within such a short time, according to a PIB release.

PM Modi said that this high speed railway would not only bring two cities closer but also bring the people living hundreds of kilometers away closer to each other. He said a new economic system is being developed along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor and the entire area would become a single economic zone, according to the PIB release. Modi said technology is useful only if it provides benefit to the common man. He said the technology transfer envisaged in this project will benefit Indian Railways and boost the “Make in India” initiative. He said the project would be eco-friendly as well as human-friendly. He said “high-speed corridors” would be regions for rapid growth in the future, according to the PIB release.

The Prime Minister said that the government is working to ensure that infrastructure is developed keeping in mind futuristic requirements. He expressed confidence that everyone would work together to complete this project in the shortest possible time.

Earlier, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said that the India-Japan partnership is special, strategic and global. He said that he hopes to see the beauty of India through the windows of the Bullet Train, a few years hence.