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India set to miss key target for Japan-backed bullet train project
Why it is in news?
- India is set to miss a December deadline to acquire land for a Japan-backed $17 billion bullet train project following protests by fruit growers.
- Modi’s office is now monitoring the project week-to-week, as Indian officials seek to reassure Tokyo that the hurdles can be overcome through intense negotiations with sapota and mango growers in Maharashtra.
- Protests, backed by local politicians, have flared up in recent months against attempts to secure sections of a 108-km stretch, which is around one-fifth of the entire bullet train corridor connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad.
- India wants the project’s completion target to be advanced by a year to 2022, the 75th year of India’s Independence.
Source
The Hindu