New Delhi [India]: Hideki Makihara, Japan’s former Justice Minister and a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has accused India of "sheer recklessness" and "self-interest" that stalled country's ambitious bullet train project.
He has accused that the Japanese teams are pouring their hearts into negotiations.
As per the reports, he was personally involved in the Mumbai Ahmedabad Shinkansen project, the completion of which is still far from reality.
In a post on social media on July 14, he wrote that the Indian side is breaking promises and flipping positions at the last minute.
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He notes that even the minister in-charge is particularly difficult, making decent negotiations nearly impossible.
According to him, the much hyped visit of Japanese Prime Minister yielded no major breakthrough.
Japan has now been excluded from the signal system, the critical safety backbone, according to Toyo Keizai Online.
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi during her recent India visit in the first week of July for 16th India-Japan Annual Summit reaffirmed strong support to India's target of operationalize bullet train by 2027.
The joint statement highlighted a shared vision to eventually introduce Japan’s next-generation E10 Shinkansen trains on India's high-speed rail network.
On the other hand, Modi-led government has updated that India is nearing completion of its first bullet train corridor – the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR). In doing so, it is shaping the future of high-speed rail in India.
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These trains have a design speed of upto 350 km per hour – much faster than the Vande Bharat trains that have a design speed of 180 km/hour.
The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor is India's first bullet train project and marks the country's entry into the high-speed rail era.
Spanning approximately 508 kilometres with 12 stations, the corridor will reduce travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to about 1 hour and 58 minutes.
The first operational stretch, between Surat and Vapi, is expected to open in August 2027.
Designed for a maximum speed of 350 kmph and an operational speed of 320 kmph, the project will incorporate advanced rolling stock, signalling and train control systems, bringing global safety and technology standards to India's railway network.
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