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UNDER SEA TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION STARTED
FOR HIGH-SPEED BULLET RAIL

Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project (508 km)
is the only approved project of high-speed rail in India,
which is being worked on with the technical and financial
assistance of the Government of Japan. Land acquisition
work has been completed. By December 2024, 368 km of
pier foundation, 346 km of pier construction, and 234 km
of girder launching work have been completed. About 21
km tunnel is to be built under the sea on this corridor, the
work of which has been started.

UNDERWATER METRO RAIL

RAN IN KOLKATA n The metro project NETWORK

INCREASED
in Kolkata started
in 1972. RAPIDLY
For the first time in the country, a new history was created when
n 66 km of metro
the train passed under the Hooghly River on the metro line running
line has been 28
between Esplanade and Howrah Maidan in Kolkata. PM Modi KM RS
constructed 5,981
inaugurated the first underwater metro tunnel in crore
n Construction work
2024. This is the first metro rail in the country From 1972 to
that passes through a tunnel built under a of 59 km of metro 2014 (42 years)
river. Howrah Metro Station is the deepest is going on in and
metro station in India. around Kolkata.

38
KM RS
23,050
crore
2014 to 2024
(10 years)

of the new work culture of New India. Whatever India inaugurated simultaneously. Then the foundation stone
does today, it does at unprecedented speed and scale. was laid for the rejuvenation of more than 550 railway
Today's India has stopped dreaming small. The resolve stations in more than 300 districts of 27 states. This
of developed railways for developed India is becoming shows at what speed India's train of progress is moving
a reality. In February 2024, the foundation stone of forward. Amrit-Bharat stations will be symbols of both
more than 2,000 railway-related projects was laid and heritage and development. For example, Balasore

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