<p>Days after newly appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered a review of the bullet train project, a senior minister said amid a whopping debt of Rs 6.71 crore, the government will check if it could be deferred.</p>.<p>The Rs 1.10 lakh-crore bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. </p>.<p>“We are reviewing now what projects are critical for the development of the state and whether others like bullet train project can be deferred for a later stage,” Cabinet minister Jayant Patil said.</p>.<p>According to Patil, a former Finance Minister in the erstwhile Democratic Front government, Maharashtra's burden includes Rs.4.71 lakh-crore debt besides the obligation of another Rs.2 lakh-crore on ongoing projects.</p>
<p>Days after newly appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered a review of the bullet train project, a senior minister said amid a whopping debt of Rs 6.71 crore, the government will check if it could be deferred.</p>.<p>The Rs 1.10 lakh-crore bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. </p>.<p>“We are reviewing now what projects are critical for the development of the state and whether others like bullet train project can be deferred for a later stage,” Cabinet minister Jayant Patil said.</p>.<p>According to Patil, a former Finance Minister in the erstwhile Democratic Front government, Maharashtra's burden includes Rs.4.71 lakh-crore debt besides the obligation of another Rs.2 lakh-crore on ongoing projects.</p>
