Delhi-Ahmedabad Bullet Train to Pass Via 7 Places in Rajasthan. All You Need to Know

This trek will pass through seven of the state' districts - Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Dungarpur. Udaipur district will have total 127 km of the track.

Jaipur: The bullet train running between Delhi and Ahmedabad will pass through several parts of Rajasthan and extensively through the city of Udaipur, officials said on Thursday. The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) Ltd officials gave a presentation on the ambitious project to Udaipur District Collector Chetan Deora and discussed it in detail.

Officials under the leadership of NHSRC Ltd Executive Director Anup Agarwal and Survey Manager Rajiv Dutt furnished detailed information on points related to preparation of DPR of the Delhi-Ahmedabad high speed train.

Districts and their stations where the bullet train will pass through: 

• The Delhi-Ahmedabad bullet train will run at a speed of 350 km per hour to make the journey only three hours.
• 75 per cent of the total 875 km long track of Delhi-Ahmedabad bullet train project i.e. 657 km track, will come up in Rajasthan.
• This trek will pass through seven of the state’ districts – Alwar, Jaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Dungarpur.
• The proposed stations in Rajasthan will be constructed at Behror, Shahjahanpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Vijaynagar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, and Dungarpur.
• This track will also pass over five rivers.

Udaipur to cover major part of the bullet train track:

• Udaipur district will have a total of 127 km of the track.
• A total of 9 stations are proposed to be built under this 127 km track in Udaipur.
• Corporation officials said that due to technical reasons related to safety in train operation, the entire track will be made differently.
• The track will be elevated on pillars, while eight tunnels of less than one kilometre distance will also be built in Udaipur district, which will be on the ground.
• In this sense, the issue of land acquisition will be minimised.

Officials said that to give concrete shape to this project, a survey of the entire track will be done by helicopter and on the basis of this survey, a detailed project report will be prepared.

After approval of the DPR, the project will be implemented on the ground.

(With inputs from IANS)