Railways Fast-Tracks 7 New Bullet Train Corridors: 4000 KM, 16 Lakh Crore Investment

• Ministry of Railways issues strict directives to Railway Board for speedy completion of seven new high-speed rail corridors.
• Corridors include Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Chennai, Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi, and Varanasi-Siliguri.
• Travel times drastically reduced: Mumbai-Pune in 48 mins, Delhi-Varanasi in 3h 50m, Chennai-Bengaluru in 1h 13m.
• Total 4,000 km length with an estimated investment of 16 lakh crore rupees, utilizing Japanese technology.
• NHSRCL to update DPRs, establish uniform standards, and expedite land acquisition and construction.