Modi, Abe lay foundation stone for India's 1st Bullet Train

PM Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe jointly laid the foundation stone of India's first Bullet Train project at Ahmedabad today. Running at a top speed of 350 kilometres per hour, it will reduce the Ahmedabad-Mumbai travel time from 7-8 hours to around 2 hours. The 508-km-long rail project is expected to complete by August 15, 2022.