India's first high-speed rail project, developed in collaboration with the Japanese, would cut travel time between the cities of Mumbai and Ahmedabad by five hours.
But the government's ambition of completing a showpiece infrastructure project could be derailed by protests from some farmers and tribal communities whose lands are to be acquired, compounded by political opposition.
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