Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the north corridor of the bullet train project connecting major cities across northern and eastern India.
The proposed route links Delhi with Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna, Siliguri, and Guwahati, with Delhi to Kanpur travel taking 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Vaishnaw stated that the project will be fully built under the Make in India initiative using domestic capabilities by Indian youth and welders.