Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe yesterday launched India's first bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, which would cover the distance of over 500 km in less than three hours.
However, the Sena expressed apprehensions over the viability of such a project at a time when the country has witnessed a number of rail accidents in the recent past.
"Even the railway's most famous train Rajdhani Express hasn't been left behind. It derailed near the national capital. Isn't it serious that a train derails on the most secured rail section of the country?" asked Sena, which is the ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra.
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"Why can we not learn from Japan the art of ensuring 100 per cent security in rail travel? Can we not learn their formula of a safe and clean travel? The nation would have been happier if India would have learnt from Japan the technique of safe rail travel," the Sena said.
The Sena had yesterday slammed the bullet train project, saying it was not a dream of the common man but that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It also sought to know if the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high speed train project really fits into the needs of the country.
Notably, a coach of Jammu Tawi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express derailed yesterday at the New Delhi Railway station in the national capital, but no one was injured in the mishap.
On September 7, seven coaches of the Jabalpur-bound Shaktipunj Express derailed in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
Prior to it, nearly 100 passengers were wounded when 10 coaches of Kaifiyat Express train derailed after crashing into a dumper which strayed on to the tracks in UP's Auraiya district on August 23.
Besides, the Utkal Express derailed in UP's Muzaffarnagar district, killing 22 people and injuring 156, on August 19.
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