Most of land acquired for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project

Anushka Khare Posted on: 2023-05-06 07:45:00 Viewer: 2,071 Comments: 0 Country: India City: New Delhi

Most of land acquired for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project

New Delhi, India (Urban Transport News): According to the latest data shared by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the corporation is very close to complete the 100% acquisition of land required for India's first High Speed Bullet Train Project i.e. Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor. The corporation has acquired 99.55% land required for the project so far.

As of April 24, 2023, NHSRCL has acquired 100% land in in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 99.75% in Maharashtra and 98.91% in Gujarat. Maharashtra has beated Gujarat in acquiring land for the under construction Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. In comparison, Gujarat, which so far led the land acquisition process, has fallen a tad behind clocking 98.91% as on April 24.

“Acquisition of larger chunks of land on the Maharashtra side sped up the project in the state. The small pieces of land that remain in both states will soon be acquired. Acquisition of some of these land parcels remains stuck due to court battles fought with land owners,” said Sushma Gaur, Spokesperson for NHSRCL.

In September 2021, NHSRCL had acquired 7.9 hectares land in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. "Currently, only 1.07 hectares remain to be acquired in Maharashtra where NHSRCL has paid a compensation of Rs 3,217 crore for 1,984 private plots. While 4.83 hectares needed for the project in suburban Mumbai has been fully acquired, small plots of 0.32 hectares in Palghar and 0.75 hectares in Thane are on the pending list," she informed.

In comparison, about 10.53 hectares remain to be acquired in Gujarat where Rs 6,104 crore has been paid for 6,248 private plots. Of the eight districts where the bullet train will pass through, 100 per cent land acquisition has been completed in Kheda, Anand, Navsari and Valsad districts. Vadodara, with 5.47 hectares, has the highest quantum of pending acquisition, followed by Surat with 4.89 hectares. Ahmedabad and Bharuch also have 0.02 hectares and 0.05 hectares respectively of pending acquisition.

The 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor will connect Ahmedabad (in Gujarat) to Mumbai (in Maharashtra) with 12 Bullet Train stations.





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