Within six months of the BJP-backed Eknath Shinde government coming to power, the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has completed the acquisition of around 98 per cent of the land it needs in Maharashtra, officials told The Indian Express.
Clearing its most significant hurdle since inception, the project now has the green signal for an overall 98.68 per cent of the total of 1,396 hectares required for the 508-km route in Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Maharashtra.
On Friday, the project cleared another hurdle with the Bombay High Court allowing the plea of National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) for the felling of 21,997 mangrove trees in Mumbai, Palghar and Thane to clear the route for the project “in public interest”, subject to conditions.
