December 12, 2023: The Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on December 7, 2023, unveiled the video of India’s first bullet train terminal built at Sabarmati Multimodal transport hub in Ahmedabad, according to media reports. … READ FULL STORY
Of the 714 hectares of land required for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, the Gujarat government has already acquired 571 hectares, the state’s revenue minister Kaushik Patel said, on February 7, 2020. “Joint management … READ FULL STORY
Prime minister Narendra Modi, on March 4, 2019, inaugurated a 6.5-km stretch of Phase I of the Ahmedabad Metro train service. After inaugurating the 6.5-km stretch, connecting Vastral to Apparel Park area, Modi also … READ FULL STORY
Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) owes a large share of its success to the connectivity factor, which has improved significantly, since the start of the project in 1977 by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority … READ FULL STORY
The land acquisition procedure for the first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, will be over by December 2018, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said, on October 25, 2018. “We are taking more time … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on October 10, 2018, directed the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) and the Thane civic body, to reply to a construction firm’s plea against a notice to stop … READ FULL STORY
Gujarat’s revenue minister Kaushik Patel, on September 27, 2018, said that the state government had decided that the farmers having their land under Urban Development Authorities (UDAs) or Area Development Authorities (ADAs), would also … READ FULL STORY
A letter sent by farmers in Gujarat, whose lands will be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is providing a soft loan for the … READ FULL STORY
Indicating that the bullet train project is running behind schedule, sources in the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), the implementing agency of the project, have said that in the event of a … READ FULL STORY
The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL), on July 31, 2018, informed the Bombay High Court that it has, prima facie, found an alternate land proposed by the Godrej Group suitable for acquisition, for … READ FULL STORY
The Godrej Group has moved the Bombay High Court, challenging the proposed acquisition of its prime property in suburban Vikhroli, to pave way for the government’s ambitious bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. … READ FULL STORY
Land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is facing opposition from farmers in Gujarat, with villagers not allowing the joint measurement survey to take place in many places. Farmer leaders are demanding that … READ FULL STORY
Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and doctors, are some of the demands that villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district want met, before they give their nod to the government’s ambitious bullet train project, say officials. … READ FULL STORY
