Railway minister Piyush Goyal has said land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor would be completed by December this year. The minister was speaking at The Economist India Summit 2018 in Mumbai yesterday. Mr Goyal said that despite a slight delay in land acquisition, the project may be completed before deadline due to developments in the engineering sector.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''The minister informed that work related to designing and assembling machines to build a 27 km under-sea tunnel as part of the project is progressing. Mr Goyal also said, there are five more corridors being planned for high-speed trains.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''Agra-Varanasi, Delhi-Chandigarh and Mumbai-Bengaluru are being worked on.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Talking about future plans, he said that there are some coal transporting routes which would be completed on priority while some are nearing completion.&nbsp;</span>
News On AIR | October 26, 2018 8:25 AM
Railway minister Piyush Goyal says land acquisition for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor would be completed by December 2018