NHSRCL speeds up land acquisition for bullet train in Maharashtra
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has fast-tracked the land acquisition in Maharashtra for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor and has already acquired 33% of land. Of the 432 ha of land required for the project in Maharashtra, 143 ha has been acquired. In Gujarat, 1,084.48 ha of the required 1,396 ha has been acquired and in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the acquisition is about 97%, with 933.52 ha of the required 955 ha been acquired for the corridor. Land acquisition is going on in Maharashtra and is likely to speed up the process and acquire more land in the coming months for the project. Union minister of state for railways, Raosaheb Danve, had visited Mumbai last month and interacted with senior officials from NHSRCL, Western Railway, collectors of Palghar, Raigad, and Thane districts as well as state government officials. He had also directed the officials to work on increasing the pace of acquisition of the land.
