India seeks China’s help for expediting Bengaluru-Chennai rail corridor

Bengaluru | Sunday | 15th April, 2018

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The first high-speed train corridor in India between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has been bagged by Japan. | Photo Credit: THE HINDUmore-inIndia has sought China’s assistance to speed up the Bengaluru-Chennai railway corridor besides redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway stations, a senior Indian official said on Sunday. China expresses keennessChina has been expressing interest to take up high-speed train corridors in India and began conducting a feasibility study for New Delhi and Chennai high-speed train corridor. “We offered them speeding up of Bengaluru-Chennai railway corridor,” NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Sunday. Previous requestsIndia previously made a suggestion to China for the redevelopment of Agra and Jhansi railway station..