3 bidders involving 7 major infrastructural companies had participated in the bidding for design and construction of 237-km viaduct for 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
A lower court had rejected the farmers' allegation that the land acquisition process for the bullet train, that will link Mumbai to Ahmedabad, is illegal.
Both countries failed to make headway mainly on a breakthrough in the civil nuclear deal, acquisition of Amphibious aircraft and progress in the bullet train project.
Union Minister Suresh Angadi said the Centre will consider launching bullet trains on other routes depending on how successful the Mumbai-Ahmedabad project is.
Japan has plans to build bullet train projects in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai & Bengaluru, said Torkel Patterson, director of Central Japan Railway Company.
Japan has given Rs 5,500 cr so far, while railways & state govts have provided none. The project needs 1,400 hectares of land but has acquired only 0.9.
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WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
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