India
JICA provides Rs 5500 crore loan for bullet train project
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides Rs 5500 crore loan for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project
Delhi [India], Sept 29:On Friday The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved the loan amounting to 80,547 million Japanese yen or approximately Rs 5,500 crore, Clearing the air on the stoppage of funds for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
An dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreement was signed between JICA and the union government, wherein Japan was to provide an official development assistance (ODA) loan for the bullet train project.
The JICA has also approved a loan of 25,903 Japanese yen or Rs 1,600 crore for building a metro rail system between Howrah Maidan and Salt Lake Sector V, including an underwater section, as part of the ‘Kolkata East-West Metro Project’.
It was reported last week in the media that JACA had withheld its decision to release funds for the bullet train project on the grounds that farmers from Maharashtra and Gujarat had opposed land acquisition for the project.
