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Modi, Abe to kick-off bullet train project, Rs 5-lakh cr investments today

Modi and Abe will also hold the 12th Annual India-Japan Bilateral Summit in Gandhinagar

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, at Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad (Photo: PTI)

Agencies New Delhi | Ahmedabad
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in the ground breaking ceremony of the Rs 1.08-lakh crore ($17 billion) Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project near the Sabarmati railway station in Ahmedabad.

As reported earlier, while Abe is in Ahmedabad for the foundation stone laying ceremony for India's first high-speed train project - popularly called the bullet train - between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, around 15 MoUs are expected to be signed on September 14 at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Of this, four Japanese corporate giants are expected to sign investment proposals worth Rs 1