Surat to get India’s 1st bullet train station

• The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project will be India’s first bullet train route. While Surat city will get India’s first bullet train station.
• National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) will be constructing this project that is scheduled to be completed by December 2024.
• The cost of the project is estimated to be more than ₹1 lakh crore of which ₹88,000 crores will be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Points to remember:

1. India’s first bullet train project?- Mumbai-Ahmedabad
2. India’s first bullet train station will come up at which place?- Surat
3. Which company will fund a major part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project?- JICA
4. Who is the Union Minister of State for Railways?- Darshana Jardosh

Source: Hindustan Times