Modi, Abe get India's first bullet train project going

New Delhi

AS INDIA'S premier Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe prepare to break ground on the country's first bullet train project on Thursday, experts say the collaboration could signal a massive leap for its overburdened and deadly railways.

India's colonial-era rail network carries some 22 million passengers daily, making it one of the busiest in the world. But it is also among the most dangerous.

A government report published in 2012 said that almost 15,000 people were killed every year in rail accidents, des…