100 percent land acquired for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

MUMBAI: National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), which is executing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed rail corridor, has achieved 100 percent land acquisition.

The announcement was made by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on the social media platform X (formerly twitter) on Monday.

A total of 1389 hectares of land was required, including 951.14 ha in Gujarat, 430.45 hectares in Maharashtra and 7.9 hectares in Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

The 508 kM long corridor originates from BKC in Maharashtra and goes underground for 21 km, including below 7 kM below sea, till Shilphata before taking the elevated path till its terminus station in Sabarmati in Gujarat.

Of the 508km, 348km is in Gujarat, 156km in Maharashtra and 4km in the Union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli .

Nearly 92% of the bullet train corridor will be elevated and 6% will be via tunnels.

The land acquisition was stuck in Maharashtra during the tenure of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray but gain speed from 2022 after Eknath Shinde formed the government.

NHSRCL has awarded all civil contracts for Gujarat and Maharashtra. In Gujarat 120.4 km of girders have been launched and 271 km of pier casting have been completed.

It has also completed first mountain tunnel of 350 m length and 12.6 m diameter located near Zaroli Village in Valsad, Gujarat in just 10 months.

The bridge works on six rivers out of total 24 river bridges -Par (Valsad district), Purna (Navsari district), Mindhola (Navsari district), Ambika (Navsari district), Auranga (Valsad district) and Venganiya (Navsari district) has been completed. Work on other rivers Narmada, Tapti, Mahi and Sabarmati is in progress.

In Maharashtra, work has commenced for India’s first 7 km undersea rail tunnel which is a part of 21 km long tunnel between BKC and Shilphata in Maharashtra. Also, excavation works for construction of Mumbai HSR station at BKC has started.

NHSRCL spokesperson said, “At BKC station, 99% secant pile completed and 104,421 cum of excavation has been done. Anchor fixing work has started that will facilitate the excavation for second level.”

Moreover, geotech work for rest of the alignment in Maharashtra including 3 stations (Boisar, Virar and Thane) is under progress.
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