We don't need to build HSR just because chingchongs did it, their rail is 1 trillion dollars in debt.
Support to boost economy drives state high-speed train operator deeper into red
asia.nikkei.com
They built it due to massive inferiority complex - like look, we have the tiniest heights and dicks and muscle mass in the world so look at our HSR . HSR is not feasible in India or anywhere in the world apart from 4-5 routes. Dedicated freight corridor is way more important, that should be expanded massively.
Indonesians are also struggling to pay off the cost of HSR. they will also go the Sri lankan and Pakistani way.
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s government has been forced to dip into the state budget, something it said it wouldn’t do, to pay for cost overruns on China’s
asiatimes.com
Read this. The article is more relevant to the US rather than India, but hard to ignore many of the key points.
HSR is a total money sink - 4-5 times more expensibe than normal rail and can't transport freight. Let the chinese build it, i hope they triple their network
, We should massively expand DFC and Semi High Speed rail.