Bullet Train in India: The dream of bullet train in India is now going to come true very soon. Very soon you will be able to travel by bullet train. Survey work on many projects in this regard is going on at war level in India.
One of these routes is from Delhi to Amritsar. For this, survey is being done to acquire thousands of acres of land, but before that, work has started on the Gujarat project. Bullet train can run in Gujarat by 2028. The work of land acquisition is in full swing.
According to an exclusive document obtained by CNN-News18, the bullet train could run between Sabarmati and Vapi in Gujarat by 2028. After this, the train will run on the entire 508-km long section between Ahmedabad and Mumbai by 2030. The National High Speed Rail Authority (NHSRCL) is conducting a survey to estimate the fare and traffic of this bullet train.
According to the document, a ridership assessment has been sought for the Sabarmati-Vapi section in Gujarat for the year 2028 and base year 2030. This will be the ‘first year of operation’ on the entire section between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. A 30-year ridership assessment has been sought on the bullet train. The under-construction Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will pass through Mumbai-Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Thane, Virar and Boisar in Maharashtra and Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad and Sabarmati in Gujarat. Its total length will be about 508 km.
The Gujarat section of the high-speed rail route between Vapi and Sabarmati is approximately 348 km long. Whereas, the rail route in Maharashtra is 156 km long.
Why will the bullet train run in Gujarat first?
CNN-News18 had earlier reported that this train may run first in the Gujarat section. Because the work there is moving towards completion at a fast pace. While the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Maharashtra kept this project on hold for almost three years. Due to this, the progress of this project in Maharashtra has been very slow. The central government has not yet announced any official date for the launch of this high-speed train.
India will create a record
This train will bring India into the category of select countries in the world using high-speed railway system. Bullet train service is available in about 15 countries in the world. This project is not only technologically excellent but will also bring many other benefits.
Progress so far
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said earlier this week that the 300-km long viaduct on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail section has been completed. Work on the Mumbai Bullet Train station located in the Bandra Kurla Complex is about 76 percent complete. Let us tell you that this is the only underground station on the corridor. According to the government, so far about 383 km of pillar work, 401 km of foundation work and 326 km of girder casting work have been completed on this project.
Delhi-Amritsar Bullet Train-
The survey work for running a bullet train from the national capital Delhi to Amritsar in Punjab has started on a war footing. Farmers are being approached for acquiring land. Several teams have reached in this regard.
Land will be acquired from 343 villages of Haryana and Punjab for the bullet train project. After the completion of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, a bullet train will be run between Delhi-Amritsar. The central government is planning to run bullet trains on ten routes. Their feasibility report has been prepared. Now the survey has started on the Delhi-Amritsar route and talks have also started with farmers regarding land acquisition.
Land will be acquired from 343 villages
Land will be acquired in a total of 343 villages in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. Land will be taken from 186 villages in Punjab, including 39 in Mohali, 49 in Jalandhar, 37 in Ludhiana, 22 in Amritsar, 25 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 12 in Kapurthala and one village each in Tarn Taran and Rupnagar.
This railway line will pass through 24 villages of Derabassi sub-division of Mohali district. Land of nine villages of Mohali tehsil namely Bakarpur, Rurka, Kambala, Chilla, Raipur Khurd, Durali, Saneta, Raipur Kalan, Shampur will be acquired under this project.
Under this, land of six villages of Kharar tehsil, Bharatpur, Gidderpur, Chuhar Majra, Machhli Kalan, Todar Majra and Majat will be included. Farmers will be provided with five times the collector rate of each village for the land.
