Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project gets clearance from Maha govt

Maharashtra deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, on Thursday announced that all clearances have been given for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train in the state.

Earlier, there were reports that said the change of government in Maharashtra may fasttrack the bullet train project with railway officials expecting a land acquisition file stuck on the state's chief minister's desk to move now, a petrol pump to be shifted to build a tunnel, and a back-and-forth over payment for a "prime land" settled.

The 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 1.1 trillion and will have 12 stations in Maharashtra and Gujarat, as per a report by news agency PTI.