New Delhi, April 28 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Monday, April 28, that the much-awaited Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will become operational by 2028.

"By 2028, we will be able to travel on the bullet train," Fadnavis said, conceding that the neighbouring state Gujarat is ahead of Maharashtra in the project development.

Last week, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) said approximately 75 per cent of the excavation work for the $15 billion Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station at Bandra Kurla Complex in the metropolis has been completed.

About 14 lakh cubic meters of earthwork have been excavated out of the 18,722,63 cubic meters required for the underground bullet train station.

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