Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe inaugurated the 508-km bullet train project — officially, the Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Network — in the Gujarat capital on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Speaking first, Shinzo Abe hailed this new high in India-Japan ties, emphasising this “special bond” between the two countries.<\/p>\n
Abe hoped this first bullet train in India, popularly known as the Shinkansen in his country, would soon spread to encompass other parts of the country.<\/p>\n
India’s first bullet train is being built with a Japanese soft loan which India will pay back in the next 50 years at 0.1 per cent interest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this was not a loan, but a gift. “We are building India’s first bullet train practically free,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The next time I am in India, I wish to ride the Shinkansen with Mr Modi,” Abe said to the applause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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