"Progress of Bullet Train project: Till date: 21.11.2023Pillars: 251.40 KmElevated super-structure: 103.24 Km," the union minister said in a post on X.
The visit by Japanese dignitaries is significant as India is looking to a concrete commitment from Japan on completing the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail link in part by 2026.
Officials in the Railway Board said that Agnihotri was facing allegations, including that of misuse of official position and diverting funds in an unauthorised manner to a private company.
Trains plying on the route take over seven hours and planes about an hour.
Weeks after the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government came in power, the Rs 100,000 crore plus project which is considered to be a dream project of PM Modi was put under a review.
The priorities of the previous BJP-led government in the state, in which his party was a constituent, were not 'misplaced', he said while adding that there would be no vendetta politics.
"We got a loan of Rs 1.08 lakh crore for 50 years at an interest of 0.1 per cent from Japan. We want to develop a network of speed rail in the country.
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