India is a country where still more than 60% of people are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, a large amount of population resides in rural areas where they are deprived of basic facilities like Electricity and Roads.I mean to say that our country where people still lacking the basic facilities, is it right to spend 1,50,000 crores on Bullet Trains now?
Talking about the trains only, this year we got to see three back to back rail accident in Uttar Pradesh.We heard much news about food poisoning, proper sanitation, theft and crimes, quality staff in railways these days.The conclusion from all these is 'how can a huge building is constructed without having a proper foundation'.
Bullet train will have the huge fare, so it is not possible for all to travel since all can't afford to pay that much amount.So it is said by the majority of the population that bullet train is for rich.In India, 90% of the passengers still travel in sleeper class so there is very less probability that those people will go for the bullet train.
Yes, we need Bullet train but for the time being, we need to work on improvements of the things we already have.Bullet train obviously provides an ability to think big.It saves time and also provide job opportunities but not benefits the large population.