Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project may fail to meet 2023 deadline as COVID-19 pandemic causes delays
• 5 years agoApart from land acquisition and opening of tenders, a major cause for delay could be cost escalation owing to a fall in the rupee against the Japanese yen
Narayan Rane claims 35 of 56 Sena MLAs in Maharashtra dissatisfied, calls Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation 'non-performing'
• 5 years agoRefusing to comment on speculations of a tie-up between the BJP and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Narayan Rane said only the BJP chief will speak on it.
Narayan Rane calls Uddhav Thackeray led-regime in Maharashtra as 'stay-order govt', says it won't last long
• 5 years agoAttacking Uddhav Thackeray, BJP leader Narayan Rane said the former had no experience of holding a Constitutional post and claimed the Sena chief 'understands nothing about the bureaucracy'
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train fare to be around Rs 3,000, says NHSRCL official; project expected to be completed by December 2023
• 6 years agoThe fare for the Mumbai- Ahmedabad bullet train would be around Rs 3,000, an official of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL)
Confusion surrounds Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project as RTI queries turn up different responses
Parth Mn • 6 years agoSeeking clarity on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge had asked for details of the meetings of state-appointed sub committee that approved the project
Congress' Milind Deora deplores razing of mangroves for bullet train, says govt forgot lessons of 2005 Mumbai deluge
• 6 years agoMilind Deora said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should intervene and ensure that natural buffers like mangroves and salt pan lands are protected.
Maharashtra govt says panel on bullet train project met twice, but sub-committee didn't address most objections
Parth Mn • 6 years agoThe government of Maharashtra has clarified that the state-appointed subcommittee met twice before clearing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
After Firstpost report on bullet train project, Maharashtra govt suspends officer who responded to RTI query
Parth Mn • 6 years agoThe response to the RTI query had revealed that the committee formed to study the bullet train project had not met even once before clearing the project.
Devendra Fadnavis-led panel cleared Bullet train project without meeting even once, reveals RTI
Parth Mn • 6 years agoAn RTI query has revealed that the subcommittee led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, which was set up to conduct a feasibility study of the Bullet train project has not held a single meeting to date, let alone conducting an in-depth study
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: NHSRCL to float over 20 tenders worth Rs 88,000 crore by January 2019
• 7 years agoThe National High-Speed Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) is gearing to float more than 20 tenders for the bullet train project by January next year, sources in the railway ministry said.