Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): The Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw thorugh social media post showed the progress of the Mumbai Bullet Train Station.

Taking to social media, X, Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote, 'Mumbai's Bullet Train Station is taking shape 100 feet below ground!'

https://x.com/AshwiniVaishnaw/status/1914332697998315939

Meanwhile, earlier, the Union Cabinet sanctioned Rs 1 lakh 73 thousand crore worth of railway projects connected with Maharashtra until now, Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw said during a press conference in Mumbai.

'Till now overall, Rs 1 lakh 73 thousand crore worth of projects connected with Maharashtra, including the bullet train and corridors, and the redevelopment of stations has been approved. Rs 1,73,804 crore worth of projects are connected with Maharashtra,' Union Minister Vaishnaw said in a joint conference with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Talking about the 2025-26 union budget, he informed everyone that more than Rs 23 thousand crore had been allocated for the state of Maharashtra.

'For the sanction of such big projects, there is a need for funding every year; that is why you must have noticed how in the (Union) budget till now, there has been an allocation of Rs 23,778 crore,' he added.

Criticising the previous UPA-led government, he said that they had only given a little more than Rs 1 thousand crore for Maharashtra, which has now been increased by 20 times by the Union cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.'When the INDI alliance, called the UPA then was there, then only Rs 1,171 crore was allocated to Maharashtra, but now (PM) Modi has given atleast 20 times more than that, which will transform the rail network of Maharashtra,' he said.

Vaishnaw also highlighted the various corridor projects and the redevelopment of stations, including the Ballarshah-Gondia, Jalna-Jalgaon, and others.

'PM Modi, in the recent cabinet meet, has sanctioned the Ballarshah-Gondia's doubling project of 240 kilometres, which has been given Rs 4,819 crore,' he said. (ANI)