R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, OCT 9
The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) on Monday said it has completed 99.95 per cent of the land acquisition, which includes 100 per cent acquisition in Gujarat.
Land Acquisition Milestone for #MAHSR Project in Gujarat!#NHSRCL takes a major leap with the successful acquisition of 100% of the land required for the project in Gujarat. pic.twitter.com/5o2CSJL75X
— NHSRCL (@nhsrcl) October 9, 2023
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched the project in Ahmedabad on September 14, 2017
- The government aims to run the first phase of the bullet between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026.
NHSRCL stated that it has successfully finished 100 per cent acquisition of 951.14 hectares of land in Gujarat. This includes 6,336 private land parcels spread across eight districts of the state.
Out of 429.71 hectares acquired for the project in neighbouring Maharashtra, 99.83 per cent of the process has been completed. The completion of land acquisition comes two years after 100 per cent of the 7.9 hectares was acquired in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in September 2021. The Government of India had initially targeted to finish land acquisition by December 2018 and operationalise bullet trains between the two destinations by 2023.
According to NHSRCL, the last parcel of land to be acquired in Gujarat was at Kathore village in Surat district (4.99 hectares) in September 2023. Among the five districts in Gujarat, Surat contributed 160.51 hectares — the highest for the project. The highest number of private plots were in Bharuch (1,057).
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The operational control centre will be located at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, and there will be three depots, two in Gujarat — Surat and Sabarmati — and one in Maharashtra at Thane, it stated. The government aims to run the first phase of the bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe launched the project in Ahmedabad on September 14, 2017. The completed 508-km route is expected to be covered in 3-3.5 hours.
