English Rendering of PM’s Interaction With The Team Behind India’s Bullet Train in Surat, Gujarat
Published Date: 16-11-2025

Bullet Train Employee: The bullet train is our identity. This achievement belongs to you, Modi ji, and to us.

Prime Minister: What do you think? Is the speed fine? Are you working according to the timetable you had set, or are you facing any difficulties?

Bullet Train Employee: No sir, we are not facing any difficulties.

Prime Minister: What would you like to say?

Bullet Train Employee: I am from Kerala. I am working in Section-2, Navsari Noise Barrier Factory.

Prime Minister: Is this your first time in Gujarat?

Bullet Train Employee: Yes sir. I am working here in Section-2 at the noise barrier factory, observing the robotic unit. The rebar cage for the noise barrier is being welded with the help of robots.

Prime Minister: What do you feel about building this bullet train, being part of the first bullet train project in Bharat? What do you think personally? What do you tell your family?

Bullet Train Employee: Sir, it feels like a dream. The work I am doing now will be very useful in the future. It is a proud moment for my family and for me.

Prime Minister: Unless you feel from within that “I am working for my country, I am giving something new to the nation,” the work won’t have the same meaning. The person who launched the first space satellite must have felt that way, and today hundreds of satellites are being launched.

Bullet Train Employee (Shruti): Namaste sir, my name is Shruti. I am from Bengaluru and I am the Lead Engineering Manager. I look after design and engineering control. As you said, initial planning and implementation begin in early stages. As we move towards execution, we evaluate pros and cons at every step. If something doesn’t work, we try to understand why, find solutions, and if needed, explore alternatives. That’s how we progress step by step.

Prime Minister: If your experiences are recorded and compiled into a kind of “blue book,” it will help the country greatly as we move toward building more bullet trains. We should not start from scratch every time. Learnings from here should be replicated elsewhere. But replication is meaningful only when there is understanding behind the actions. Otherwise, people may copy without purpose. Such records will also help students in the future. You will dedicate your life here and leave something valuable for the nation.

Bullet Train Employee: We want neither fame nor reward. We only want the nation to progress. That is our desire.

Prime Minister: Wah!

Bullet Train Employee: Modi ji, may all your dreams come true. May the country’s name always rise high again and again. The bullet train is our identity. This achievement is yours and ours, Modi ji.





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