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NEWHOPES Previous minister had failed to give the project a major push due to the high cost involved Aroosa Ahmed
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MUMBAI: WithSuresh Prabhu out ofthe ministry ofrailways andanotherMumbaiitePiyush Goyal occupying his place, the big question being asked is –what happens to the Mumbai-Ahmedabadbullet train project. Known as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabadbullet train project has not...
more... made much progressdue to the high cost involved and delay in acquiringland. The Maharashtragovernment is not keen to hand over landatBandra-KurlaComplex to build aterminal for the project, as it wants to build an InternationalFinanceCentreat the same spot. Villagers in Palghar district are up in arms against acquisition of land forthesame. While SureshPrabhuwas in
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MUMBAI:Students from the UniversityofMumbai(MU),whoare unable to check their results or have received unexpected results, can now register their complaints on the varsity’s website instead of visiting the MU personally. Faced with growingnumber ofcomplaints relatedtoerroneousresults,the varsitylaunchedanonlineportal —www.asia-sp.in/MU/ results.php—whichallows the students to registertheir grievances.“Studentswhohave doubtsorcomplaintsregarding their results arerequired to submittheirqueriesonline.The university will try to redress their grievancesonapriority basis,”saidDrDhirenPatel,acting pro vice-chancellor of the university.
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BJP leader Piyush Goyal takes the oath at the swearingin ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi.
favourofthe bullet train project, he could not give it a majorpush.Thequestionthatis oneveryone’smindsis, willPiyushGoyal manage to do that?
AFP Theestimatedcostofthebullet trainproject is ₹1 lakhcrore andJapaneseagenciesarewilling to fund it. Thefoundation stone for the
Considering the fact that Piyush Goyal is
close to Modi and the latter wants to launch the project at the earliest, we think the new railways minister will
take it up on priority basis. ASENIORRAILWAY OFFICIAL
project is likely to be laid in October,apparentlyinthepresenceofJapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abe. Sources in the railways said
theproject is likelytobeapriority forthecurrentrailwayminister Piyush Goyal even as the railways is getting flak fornot improvingbasicinfrastructure that has led to aseriesofaccidentsinvolvingdeathsofalarge numberofpassengers. “Considering the fact that
Goyal is close to PM Modi and thelatter wants to launch the project atthe earliest,wethink the new railway minister will takeituponprioritybasis,”said aseniorrailway official. According to senior railway
officialsworkingontheproject, ameeting of seniorofficials from the Central Railway and the National HighSpeed Rail Corridor(NHSRC)—which is implementing the bullet train project –was held in Mumbai two days beforethe cabinet reshuffle. Possible changes in the
project plan were discussed in the meeting. “The bullet train projectwillpassthroughmajor areasbelongingtobothCentral andWesternRailwayandthatis the reason that both of them should be equally informed about it. “Wearealsolookingat alterations andchanges at the moment.” saidaseniorrailway official.
