New Delhi: E5 Series Shinkansen, also known as Japan's Bullet Train, will be modified for use as rolling stock of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project (MAHSR), said the Japanese Embassy.
The Embassy of Japan in India on Friday shared the first official photos of the E5 Series Shinkansen.
The MAHSR, also known as the Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023.
The MAHSR project of 508-kilometre length has been sanctioned by the Government. It is being executed by a special purpose vehicle namely National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), with financial and technical assistance from the Government of Japan.
The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 1,08,000 crores.
On December 1, Indian Railways got all the requisite wildlife, forestry and coastal regulation zone clearances in Gujarat and Maharashtra for the 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Corridor.
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Railways got 67 per cent of the land required for the Bullet train project. Giving the break up of land acquired in Gujarat, he said, 825 hectares out of 956 hectares have been acquired, which is 86 per cent.
While in Maharashtra, the 97 hectares out of the 432 hectares of land has been acquired, which is only 22 per cent of the total land required and seven-hectare out of eight-hectare land has been acquired in Dadra and Nagar Havel.
The DFC is one of the largest rail infrastructure projects undertaken by the government. The overall cost is pegged at Rs 81,459 crore. DFCCIL has been set up as a special purpose vehicle to undertake planning, development, mobilisation of financial resources, construction, maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors.
With ANI inputs
