Summary:
Some MLCs, including Sanjay Dutt, Neelam Gorhe, Anand Jagtap and Leader of Opposition in Council Dhananjay Munde raised issues concerning the bullet train project. In September last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for the bullet train project. Seeking to allay concerns surrounding the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today told the Legislative Council that the project was completely viable as stated in its feasibility report. On the bullet train fare structure, Fadnavis said the ticket prices will be not be much in the first 10 years. Dutt questioned the government over the feasibility of the project, land acquisition process, investment, loan burden and other issues linked to the project..