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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the Railway Minister, in which month of 2026 will India’s bullet train run?
A
January
B
August
C
March
D
October
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Right now, we are targeting 2026 August as the date for running the first [bullet] train, and [in] 2027, a larger section [is] being opened, ‘’ the minister said. In the 2022-23 budget, the railway ministry had allotted Rs 5, 000 crore for the project when the work was primarily restricted to Gujarat.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Surat. Surat is set to have its own bullet train station. It is scheduled to be completed by December 2024. The bullet train station will be the first one built along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route.

Detailed explanation-3: -Representational image. Mumbai : The Bullet Train project from Mumbai to Ahmedabad is unlikely to meet its deadlines and might get delayed beyond 2028. As per the latest status report, only around 30 per cent of the ambitious project is completed so far.

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