Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that NHSRCL has completed 100 per cent land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail Corridor. The high-speed rail line, employing Japan's Shinkansen technology and funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with a soft loan of ₹88,000 crore, aims to establish a high-frequency mass transportation system. Although the ₹1.10 lakh crore project faced land acquisition challenges, the government targets to commence the first phase between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026.
