New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- A parliamentary panel has urged the Union Railways Ministry to expedite the completion of the country's ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) 508 km-long corridor project, sanctioned in December 2015, with Japanese technical and financial assistance.
Acknowledging the project's significance as India's first high-speed rail corridor, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways (2024-25) in its report tabled in Lok Sabha yesterday underscored its role as a benchmark for future bullet train initiatives across the country.
The total cost of MAHSR has been estimated at Rs.1,08,000 crores and an expenditure of Rs.71,116 crores has been incurred so far on the MAHSR Project as of January 2025 and the overal...