The country’s biggest government-funded civil contract of Rs 24,000 crore was signed by the National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project with infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday.

People have been deployed on ground to start work. , notified the construction company.

The railways were directed by PM Modi to go forward with the job in Gujarat areas and finish it instead of waiting for Maharashtra to get the required land for this flagship project.

The Japanese ambassador to India Satoshi Suzuki stated that the contract project has been given in a time when it was required to improve economic activities.

Seven more routes will get more such train corridors after the first bullet train project gets completed, said V K Yadav, Railway board CEO and chairman.