Nirmala Sitharaman: More Tejas type trains will connect iconic destinations

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2020, promised that more Tejas type trains will be started to connect the different tourist destinations. She said that high-speed train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be actively pursued. She proposed to provide Rs 1.7 lakh crores for transport infrastructure in 2020-21. “Setting up large solar panel capacity alongside the railway tracks on land owned by railways, a proposal is under consideration,” the Finance Minister said.