Thanks to Modi, now travel from New Delhi to Varanasi in less than 3 hours
Fast-tracking the project between the national capital and the holy city of Varanasi, which is also PM Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, could be a part of BJP government's plan to depict a pro-development image that can help the Modi regime to garner votes in the 2017 UP polls.
- Jun 20, 2016,
- Updated Jun 20, 2016 5:17 PM IST
In the wake of the Uttar Pradesh polls next year, the BJP government is planning to fast-track work on a bullet train that will run between New Delhi and Varanasi. According to a report in The Times of India, the second bullet train after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, will cover a distance of 782 kilometres, and will complete the journey between the national capital and Varanasi in about two hours and 40 minutes.
Fast-tracking the project between the national capital and the holy city of Varanasi, which is also PM Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, could be a part of BJP government's plan to depict a pro-development image that can help the Modi regime to garner votes in the 2017 UP polls.
The Delhi-Varanasi stretch is part of the New Delhi-Kolkata corridor and has been given the next top priority after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor has been accelerated by tying up funds with Japan and setting up of the High Speed Rail Corporation.
The Delhi-Varanasi stretch will pass through Aligarh, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Sultanpur, wherein, the travel time between New Delhi and Lucknow (506 km) is likely to be 1 hour 45 minutes.
The report also stated that a Spanish firm, which has already submitted an interim report, is conducting feasibility study of the high-speed rail corridor and the firm is likely to submit its final report in November. The preliminary cost, without rolling stock, is estimated to be about Rs 43,000 crore for the Delhi-Varanasi stretch.
The first bullet train project on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor is expected to be completed by 2023.
In the wake of the Uttar Pradesh polls next year, the BJP government is planning to fast-track work on a bullet train that will run between New Delhi and Varanasi. According to a report in The Times of India, the second bullet train after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, will cover a distance of 782 kilometres, and will complete the journey between the national capital and Varanasi in about two hours and 40 minutes.
Fast-tracking the project between the national capital and the holy city of Varanasi, which is also PM Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, could be a part of BJP government's plan to depict a pro-development image that can help the Modi regime to garner votes in the 2017 UP polls.
The Delhi-Varanasi stretch is part of the New Delhi-Kolkata corridor and has been given the next top priority after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor has been accelerated by tying up funds with Japan and setting up of the High Speed Rail Corporation.
The Delhi-Varanasi stretch will pass through Aligarh, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Sultanpur, wherein, the travel time between New Delhi and Lucknow (506 km) is likely to be 1 hour 45 minutes.
The report also stated that a Spanish firm, which has already submitted an interim report, is conducting feasibility study of the high-speed rail corridor and the firm is likely to submit its final report in November. The preliminary cost, without rolling stock, is estimated to be about Rs 43,000 crore for the Delhi-Varanasi stretch.
The first bullet train project on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor is expected to be completed by 2023.