Calling the railways an engine of development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the railway budget unveiled on Tuesday had its focus on transparency and passenger safety.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. File Pic
The budget introduces the country's first bullet train, to ply between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and increase the speed of passenger trains up to 200 km an hour on select routes. The budget "strengthens institutionalized mechanism" in the Indian Railway network, which carries 23 million passengers every day. Modi said the railways play "a very important role" in the country's development. He said the country should have paid more attention to railways after independence in 1947. "Better late than never."
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