Balanced News: More Than 98% Land Acquired for Bullet Train Project in Maharashtra: Railway Ministry

Work on the railways’ ambitious bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has gained momentum, with the ministry claiming on Monday that more than 98 per cent of the land has been acquired for the project in Maharashtra. In a series of tweets, the ministry claimed that while 98.22 per cent land has been acquired in Maharashtra, in Gujarat, 98.87 per cent land has been acquired and in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, 100 per cent of the land has been acquired for the project. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is of 508 km and most of it is in Gujarat.