- A consortium of Chinese and Indian companies will conduct a feasibility study for the 1,200 km high-speed rail link between New Delhi and Mumbai.
- The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation, a subsidiary of the China Railway Corporation (CRC), will work with Indian firms, dispatching rail experts to initiate the study for the route.
- China now has around 17,000 km of fast tracks, accounting for more than 60 per cent of the world’s total.
Source: ET