India's first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a 508km line funded by Japan, has stalled over a decade after the 2015 agreement. The estimated cost has ballooned from Rs980bn to at least Rs1.87tn due to land acquisition delays. Tensions have escalated publicly, with former Japanese justice minister Hideki Makihara criticizing India's progress on X.
Japanese officials have accused New Delhi of violating the procurement pact by awarding a key signalling contract to German group Siemens, a move Japanese project companies led by JR East argue compromises the integrated system's safety and reliability. India's railway ministry maintains the sides are.
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