India, Nov. 1 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday hailed the Union Government's decision to connect Guwahati with the national Capital by a bullet train, and said the Centre "always listens" to what people want.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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.

"Guwahati-Delhi in under 8 hours? Yes! The extension of the Northern bullet train corridor to Guwahati is a pivotal moment for East India," Sarma said in a post on social media.

The CM expressed gratitude to Modi and Vaishnaw for the project....