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The budget designates seven high-speed rail corridors as growth connectors and increases Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project funding to ₹500 crore, up from ₹350 crore last year.
- In the Union Budget 2026–27 on Sunday, Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven proposed High-Speed Rail corridors, calling them `growth connectors`.
- The Budget lists seven corridors, including Mumbai–Pune, Pune–Hyderabad, Hyderabad–Chennai, Delhi–Varanasi, Varanasi–Siliguri, Hyderabad–Bengaluru, and Chennai–Bengaluru, connecting major city pairs.
- The Budget also earmarked 500 crore for the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project, with rail activists and urban mobility experts welcoming the allocation while remaining cautious about timelines and execution.
- The Budget left open whether corridors will use existing alignments or new infrastructure, with rail planners and observers warning that without funding and timeline details it is difficult to assess how soon projects can take off.
- Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil said Bengaluru corridors offer minimal benefits and urged MPs from Karnataka and Maharashtra to press jointly for the corridor, while regional projects Hubballi–Raichur, Tumakuru–Rayadurga, and Belagavi–Dharwad need sustained funding.
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Union Budget announcements like high-speed rail link kickstarts debate in TN on benefits to state | Science-Environment
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