Mumbai: The Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed bullet train project gets a land in Maharashtra. 40.39% land has been acquired for the construction of Mumbai – Ahmedabad high speed train corridor by the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), body that will undertake construction of the high speed train corridors in India. In order to construct the Mumbai- Ahmedabad high speed train corridor, 432.67 hectares of land in Maharashtra is required. Of this, 174.77 hectares has been acquired so far according to the NHSRCL.
As per the latest information by the NHSRCL in Maharashtra — 82.31 hectares of land of the required 287.53 hectares has been acquired in Palghar, 92.46 hectares of land in Thane of the required 140.32 hectares. However, no land so far has been acquired in Mumbai suburban of the required 4.82 hectares.
In the Mumbai suburban area, land is required for the construction of the Mumbai underground high speed train terminal at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), which has not been acquired yet.