Over 90 per cent land acquired for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet prepare venture: NHSRCL

By PTI

AHMEDABAD: Over 90 per cent of the full land required for the bold Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet prepare venture unfold throughout Gujarat, Maharashtra and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli has been acquired, the venture’s implementing company NHSRCL stated on Monday.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviewed the progress of the venture in Surat and Navsari districts of Gujarat on Monday and stated he was assured that the primary prepare will begin operating run between Surat and Bilimora within the state in 2026.

The high-speed bullet prepare is predicted to cowl the 508-km journey from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in 2 hours and 58 minutes, as in opposition to the present journey time of over six hours.

Out of 1,396 hectare land required for the venture, 1,260.76 hectare, or 90.31 per cent, has been acquired as on June 5, stated the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the particular function car fashioned to implement the venture.

As per particulars shared by the NHSRCL in a launch, 98.79 per cent of the land required for the venture in Gujarat has been acquired, whereas in neighbouring Maharashtra, the determine stands at 71.49 per cent.

Besides, all of the land required for the stretch protecting the Dadra and Nagar Haveli has been acquired, it stated.

At 954.28 hectare, Gujarat accounts for majority of the land required for the venture, protecting eight districts of Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, and Ahmedabad.

Of this, 942.72 hectare has been acquired, the NHSRCL stated.

In Maharashtra, the venture covers Mumbai, Thane and Palghar, requiring 433.82-hectare land, out of which 310.14 hectare has been acquired to this point.

For the venture stretch protecting Dadra and Nagar Haveli, all of the 7.90-hectare land has been acquired, the company stated.

As per the NHSRCL, the development works are in numerous levels on all eight stations for the bullet prepare venture in Gujarat, and 100 per cent contracts have been awarded for the development on the 352-km route within the state and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The passenger terminal hub at Sabarmati, integrating the excessive velocity rail station, Metro, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System and two stations of the Indian Railways, is predicted to be accomplished by August this 12 months, it stated.

There can be 12 stations alongside the route of the bullet prepare, together with eight in Gujarat and 4 in Maharashtra.

Its operational management centre can be positioned at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad.

There can be three depots, – at Surat and Sabarmati in Gujarat and Thane in Maharashtra.

The basis stone of the venture, which obtained a smooth mortgage of Rs 88,000 crore from a Japanese company, was laid on September 14, 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his then Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

The Rs 1.10 lakh crore venture was then anticipated to be accomplished by 2022, however confronted land acquisition hurdles.