Varanasi, Nov. 1 -- Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the North Corridor of the bullet train project, which will connect Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna, Siliguri, and extend to Guwahati. The travel time from Varanasi to Delhi will be 3 hours 35 minutes. According to Vaishnaw, the journey from Delhi to Kanpur will take 1 hour and 45 minutes, from Delhi to Agra will take 59 minutes, and from Delhi to Lucknow will take 2 hours and 12 minutes. Additionally, the trip from Lucknow to Varanasi will take 1 hour and 21 minutes. Speaking before flagging off the new Vande Bharat Sleeper Express services between Varanasi and New Delhi from here, Vaishnaw said, "The prime minister has approved the North Corridor of the bullet train, which will change the lives of many. The vision for the bullet train shared by the prime minister will greatly benefit the youth, the middle-income group, and artisans in small-scale industries. People will remember Prime Minister Modi for the next 100 years for this initiative." Vaishnaw emphasised that the concept of the construction work for the bullet train, from pillar to girder, will be made in India. "The construction is progressing rapidly. It will be fully 'Make in India', built by the youth and welders of India," he said. He noted that when the Samajwadi Party was in power in Uttar Pradesh and the Congress-led government was at the Centre, the state received a budget allocation of only Rs.1,100 crore; today, that figure has increased twentyfold to Rs.20,000 crore. He said everyone should remember that it is the Bharatiya Janata Party that will build a prosperous and strong India....