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Bullet train project milestone
First 21 km undersea tunnel section opened
Work on the country’s first bullet also been completed recently.
train is going on at a fast pace. The work of laying tracks,
The first section of the 21 km overhead electric wires, stations, Meri Panchayat
long tunnel of the Mumbai- and bridges is going on at a fast App gets Champion
Ahmedabad bullet train project pace. There is a consensus on the Award in Geneva
has been opened. According to project that while E-5 bullet trains The “Meri Panchayat” mobile
the Railway Ministry, this tunnel are being run on tracks prepared
connects the Bandra-Kurla with Shinkansen technology application, developed by the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj,
Complex to Shilphata in Thane in Japan, the next generation
via Ghansoli. Under the bullet E-10 bullet trains will be run Government of India, has won
the Champion Award at the World
train project, the construction on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad
of a 310 km long special bridge corridor being built with the same Summit on the Information Society
Awards 2025 in Geneva. This
viaduct, i.e., elevated bridge, has technology in India.
achievement is a global recognition
of India’s digital and inclusive rural
India Overtakes China In development model. This app, which
promotes community engagement,
Smartphone Exports To US has been honored in Geneva,
Switzerland. ‘Meri Panchayat App -
Canalys, in the second quarter M-Governance Platform for India’s
of this calendar year, i.e., Panchayats’ empowers more than
April-June, India has also 25 lakh elected representatives of
overtaken China in terms of 2.65 lakh Gram Panchayats of India
smartphones exported to the and about 95 crore rural residents.
US. Now, the share of Made in Available in more than 12 languages,
India smartphones imported through this app, citizens can get
to the US has increased to 44 information on Panchayat budget
percent, whereas in the second and development plans, information
As a result of schemes like Make quarter of 2024, it was only 13 about elected representatives and
in India and PLI, India is now percent. At the same time, in officials, information about public
moving at a new pace in those comparison, the share of Made infrastructure and citizen services in
industrial sectors in which it in China smartphones in the US their Panchayat, as well as weather
was never even considered a key market has come down from 61 forecast at the Gram Panchayat level
manufacturer before. According percent a year ago to 25 percent on their mobile. n
to a report by research firm during this period.
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