Land acquisition accomplished for bullet prepare challenge besides Godrej & Boyce plot: Maha govt to HC

By PTI

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra authorities on Monday knowledgeable the Bombay High Court that the land acquisition course of on the complete line of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare challenge has been accomplished besides the plot owned by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd at suburban Vikhroli.

The state authorities and the corporate are embroiled in a authorized dispute since 2019 over the acquisition of the company-owned land in Vikhroli for the bullet prepare challenge.

Of the full 508.17 km of rail observe between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, about 21 km is to be underground.

One of the entry factors to the underground tunnel falls on the land at Vikhroli (owned by Godrej).

The firm had final month filed a petition difficult an order handed by the Maharashtra authorities on September 15 awarding compensation to it for land acquisition for the bullet prepare challenge.

On Monday, a division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and S G Dige mentioned it will begin listening to on the petition on December 5.

Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, showing for the state authorities, mentioned the matter was pressing because the challenge is being held up.

“The entire land required for the project is from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. The entire acquisition of land has been completed except for this patch (owned by Godrej),” Kumbhakoni mentioned.

He sought that the courtroom start listening to on the plea on the earliest, because the state authorities has accomplished all formalities for acquisition and now solely taking possession of the land stays.

Godrej’s land was the one portion which was not within the state’s possession, and all the opposite land has already been acquired, Kumbhakoni mentioned.

On Monday, the corporate additionally filed an utility looking for disclosures from the state authorities of all paperwork and data it had relied upon whereas deciding which plot of land was greatest appropriate to be acquired for the challenge.

Earlier, the state authorities and the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) had claimed that Godrej & Boyce was creating pointless hurdles and impediments within the land acquisition course of and was therefore delaying the challenge.

This allegation was refuted by the corporate, which claimed that the land acquisition proceedings have been “illegal and bad in law.”

This could be the nation’s first bullet prepare and would run at a most velocity of Rs 350 lm per hour, overlaying the stretch between the 2 cities in beneath three hours from the same old seven.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra authorities on Monday knowledgeable the Bombay High Court that the land acquisition course of on the complete line of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet prepare challenge has been accomplished besides the plot owned by Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd at suburban Vikhroli.

The state authorities and the corporate are embroiled in a authorized dispute since 2019 over the acquisition of the company-owned land in Vikhroli for the bullet prepare challenge.

Of the full 508.17 km of rail observe between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, about 21 km is to be underground.

One of the entry factors to the underground tunnel falls on the land at Vikhroli (owned by Godrej).

The firm had final month filed a petition difficult an order handed by the Maharashtra authorities on September 15 awarding compensation to it for land acquisition for the bullet prepare challenge.

On Monday, a division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and S G Dige mentioned it will begin listening to on the petition on December 5.

Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, showing for the state authorities, mentioned the matter was pressing because the challenge is being held up.

“The entire land required for the project is from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. The entire acquisition of land has been completed except for this patch (owned by Godrej),” Kumbhakoni mentioned.

He sought that the courtroom start listening to on the plea on the earliest, because the state authorities has accomplished all formalities for acquisition and now solely taking possession of the land stays.

Godrej’s land was the one portion which was not within the state’s possession, and all the opposite land has already been acquired, Kumbhakoni mentioned.

On Monday, the corporate additionally filed an utility looking for disclosures from the state authorities of all paperwork and data it had relied upon whereas deciding which plot of land was greatest appropriate to be acquired for the challenge.

Earlier, the state authorities and the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) had claimed that Godrej & Boyce was creating pointless hurdles and impediments within the land acquisition course of and was therefore delaying the challenge.

This allegation was refuted by the corporate, which claimed that the land acquisition proceedings have been “illegal and bad in law.”

This could be the nation’s first bullet prepare and would run at a most velocity of Rs 350 lm per hour, overlaying the stretch between the 2 cities in beneath three hours from the same old seven.