Land Acquisition for Bullet Train Project Complete, Says Railway Min Vaishnaw

New Delhi: The land acquisition for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR), popularly known as the bullet train project, has been completed, informed Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Land was acquired across Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli for this bullet train project.

Through a post on X on Monday, the railway minister said the land acquisition is 100% while pier casting has been done across 268.5 km and girder launching 120.4 km. According to him, the 1389.49 hectares of land required for the project was acquired.

The bullet train project is a Japan-backed project. Initially, it was thought to be completed by 2023, but land acquisition delayed it. Out of the 508.17 km of the project, 155.76 km is in Maharashtra, 384.04 km in Gujarat, and 4.3 km in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.