Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train: Narendra Modi hopes to ride train with Shinzo Abe in 2022
Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the ambitious 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail in Ahmedabad.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore ($17 billion) 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail in Ahmedabad. AP
Besides Modi and Abe, railway minister Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha, Gujarat governor OP Kohli, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis were also present. AP
Narendra Modi said that next-generation growth will take place only where there are high-speed corridors. 'We hope that in 2022, Shinzo Abe and I take a ride in the bullet train together,' the prime minister added. AP
Shinzo Abe — emphasing on the India-Japan relationship — said that if we combine 'Ja' from 'Japan' and 'I' from India, the word we get is 'JAI'. He also called Modi a global and far-sighted leader. AP