India, March 6 -- The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited on Thursday said the cost escalation burden for the upcoming 508-km-long Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project will not be borne entirely by the Indian Railways. The NHSRCL, which is constructing the country's first high-speed corridor, issued a clarification on social media in response to a post by Congress Kerala unit, which alleged, that the railways will bear an additional Rs 90,000 crore out of the cost escalation of the project from the original Rs 1.1 lakh crore to Rs 1.98 lakh crore now.

"The commentary circulating on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project relies largely on conjecture and selective interpretation rather than verified facts. Several of the cl...