Considering the number of elephants, deer and other sundry animals that are decimated
on railway tracks around the country every month, a bullet train on the ahmedabad-mumbai route can politely be referred to as an idea way ahead of its time.
And perish the thought that a dedicated, closed corridor will do the job: the Indian shortcut, like water, finds its own level, and I'm pretty certain the line would eventually be breached at various points. Stop to consider the fact that a train accident at 250 kmph is likely to leave, shall we say, a far more indelible impression than one at 110 kmph.
If we must borrow world-beating ideas -and execution capability- from the Japanese (or the Chinese), I think we should start with affordable vertical housing - or something. I don't think this country is ready for the bullet train just yet. Strictly my personal opinion.
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