Work on Varanasi-Delhi bullet train project gains momentum By IANS | Published on Mon, Jan 11 2021 17:03 IST | 0 Views Bullet train. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Jan 11 : Over three years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of India's first 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, the work on the second such rail corridor in the country -- on the Delhi-Varanasi route -- has gained momentum. An aerial LiDAR survey of the 800-km Delhi-Varanasi High-Speed Rail (DVHSR) corridor has now been undertaken by the Railways as part of the project to connect Modi's parliamentary constituency with the national capital through the bullet train.