Most land for Bullet Train to be acquired by December
5 years, 6 months ago

Most land for Bullet Train to be acquired by December

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd is hopeful of acquiring a major chunk of land required for the 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project by the end of this year. Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Shinzo Abe of Japan on September 14, 2017 laid the foundation stone for the ambitious ₹1.08 lakh crore high-speed rail project. Gaur said the railways had floated tenders for tunnelling work, including testing and commissioning of the double line high speed railway using tunnel boring machine and New Austrian Tunnelling Method between the underground station at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai and Shilphata in Maharashtra. Gaur said the design and construction of civil and building works, including testing and commissioning of 237 km of length of rail line corridor between Zaroli village on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border and Vadodara in Gujarat, have been floated.

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Bullet train completion depends on awards of all tenders: Indian Railways
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bullet train completion depends on awards of all tenders: Indian Railways

India TV News  

The Indian Railways has said that it is unable to assess the completion date of the highly awaited, country’s first bullet train project because all work tenders have not been awarded yet. Chandra Shekhar Gaur from Madhya Pradesh sought the details from National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited about the estimated date for the completion of the whole project through an …

₹32,592 crore allocated for bullet train project for two years
1 year, 9 months ago

₹32,592 crore allocated for bullet train project for two years

The Hindu  

Up to ₹13,000 crore has been allocated for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project in Financial Year 2022-23 and ₹19,592 crore for FY2023-24, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha. Of three civil contract packages in Maharashtra, two are under evaluation and tender for one is opening by April 2023,” the Minister …

Bullet train is dream project, cannot be stalled in private interest, says Bombay High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Bullet train is dream project, cannot be stalled in private interest, says Bombay High Court

India Today  

While dismissing a petition filed by Godrej & Boyce company, challenging the acquisition of its land for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project, the Bombay High Court has said that, "It is a dream project, and the country needs it." READ | Bombay High Court allows cutting of 22k trees for bullet train project, subject to conditions While pronouncing the judgment, …

At Full Steam, Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Now Has Nearly 99% Land Acquired
2 years, 1 month ago

At Full Steam, Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project Now Has Nearly 99% Land Acquired

News 18  

At least 1,374.20 hectares has been acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project, famous as bullet train, accounting for nearly 99% of the total land required, according to the Union Ministry of Railways documents seen by News18. “The total cost of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project was estimated as Rs 1,08,000 crore in 2015. The final project cost will …

Protracted Acquisition Proceedings By Maharashtra Govt To Blame For Delay In Bullet Train Project: Godrej & Boyce To Bombay High Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Protracted Acquisition Proceedings By Maharashtra Govt To Blame For Delay In Bullet Train Project: Godrej & Boyce To Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The "inordinate delay" in land acquisition for the Bullet Train project is the Maharashtra State's own doing, the Godrej & Boyce said in a rejoinder before the Bombay High Court refuting allegations of delaying the project. The company, Mumbai's largest private landowner, claimed that the government and National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd 's responses to its petition challenging the …

Hope to have 1st bullet train operating by 2026: Railway Minister Vaishnaw
2 years, 7 months ago

Hope to have 1st bullet train operating by 2026: Railway Minister Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said they are confident of achieving the target of running the country's first bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026 as good progress has been made in this direction. Inspected the progress of Ahmedabad- Mumbai bullet train project in Surat.#8YearsOfInfraGatipic.twitter.com/o7VKHz2CbR — Ashwini Vaishnaw June 6, 2022 There has been good progress …

Will achieve target of operating India's first bullet train by 2026, says a confident Ashwini Vaishnaw
2 years, 7 months ago

Will achieve target of operating India's first bullet train by 2026, says a confident Ashwini Vaishnaw

Firstpost  

The railway minister was in Surat on Monday to inspect the progress of the government’s ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project Surat: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said they are confident of achieving the target of running the country’s first bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat in 2026 as good progress has been made in this direction. Vaishnaw …

Over 70% land acquired for bullet train project in state
2 years, 7 months ago

Over 70% land acquired for bullet train project in state

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI About 71.25% of land acquisition for the high-speed train corridor, popularly known as the bullet train project, has been completed, as per National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited. Of the 141.26 hectares of land required, 110.49 has been acquired in Thane district. In Palghar district, of the 287.74 hectares of land, 198.6 hectares have been acquired While 46.71 per …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train: Construction of Modi's dream project in full swing | Exclusive
2 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train: Construction of Modi's dream project in full swing | Exclusive

India TV News  

Modi government's dream project of India's first bullet train is now moving towards reality. Image Source : INDIA TV Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project is currently under construction. Bullet train stations in Gujarat Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Ahmedabad, Sabarmati Bullet train stations in Maharashtra Mumbai, Thane, Virar, Boisar To take stock of the construction work, India TV's team reached …

Centre likely to miss Bullet Train deadline by miles | Exclusive
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre likely to miss Bullet Train deadline by miles | Exclusive

India Today  

With only 17% of the work of the Centre’s ambitious Bullet Train project completed so far, the completion is likely to miss its 2023 deadline. The data shared by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited in response to a Right to Information query filed by India Today cited several reasons, such as Covid, land acquisition issues, etc, for the delay. …

89% of land needed for bullet train project acquired: Railway Minister tells Lok Sabha
2 years, 9 months ago

89% of land needed for bullet train project acquired: Railway Minister tells Lok Sabha

India Today  

Approximately 89 per cent of land required for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has been acquired by the Centre, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. “The execution of Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail has been delayed especially due to delay in land acquisition in the state of Maharashtra and consequent delays in finalisation of contracts as well as adverse impact of …

Gujarat govt acquires 99.3% of land for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project
2 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat govt acquires 99.3% of land for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project

India Today  

For the upcoming Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, the Gujarat government has acquired 99.3% of land in five districts, the state Assembly was informed on Monday. Over Rs 2,935 crore has been paid as compensation for land acquisition in five districts of the state by December 2021, the Gujarat government said. A total of 358.31-hectare land has been acquired out of …

Bullet train plans for 2 more stretches may get nod soon
3 years ago

Bullet train plans for 2 more stretches may get nod soon

Live Mint  

India is likely to kick off two more bullet train projects in 2022-23, two government officials aware of the plans said, even as work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor proceeds at a slow pace. According to an NHSRCL spokesperson, a detailed project report for the Mumbai-Nagpur corridor is in the final stages, and it will be submitted to the …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: NHSRCL invites bids for Sabarmati depot construction
3 years, 5 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: NHSRCL invites bids for Sabarmati depot construction

India TV News  

The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited on Thursday said that it has invited bids for the construction of Sabarmati Rolling stock depot for 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, popularly known as Bullet Train project. NHSRCL spokesperson Sushma Gaur said that it has invited bids for design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of Sabarmati Depot consisting of workshop, inspection …

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviews Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. Here’s a progress report
3 years, 6 months ago

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviews Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. Here’s a progress report

Live Mint  

Newly appointed Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday reviewed the ambitious bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. They said out of the 74 per cent land acquisition so far, the majority — 96 per cent — is in Gujarat, while only 25 per cent is in Maharashtra. The officials also said that the civil work contracts for the construction …

First phase of bullet train may be completed in Gujarat
4 years ago

First phase of bullet train may be completed in Gujarat

Op India  

Despite uncertainty over land acquisition in Maharashtra for the bullet train project, Railways have said that all efforts are being made to complete it in one phase. While addressing media over video conferencing on December 26, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman of Railway Board, said that Indian Railways is making efforts to commission the entire bullet train project end-to-end. He said, …

Can India get its first bullet train by 2023? | An RTI story
4 years ago

Can India get its first bullet train by 2023? | An RTI story

India Today  

The Japanese embassy released on Monday the first official pictures of the bullet train that will be used for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project. To know the status of the project, India Today filed an RTI application with the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, which is responsible for the development and execution of the bullet train project. In its …

National High Speed Rail Corp opens technical bids for Mumbai- Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor
4 years, 3 months ago

National High Speed Rail Corp opens technical bids for Mumbai- Ahmedabad Bullet train corridor

Live Mint  

National High Speed Rail Corp Ltd on Wednesday said it has opened technical bids for construction of 237 km stretch of the much awaited high speed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor. As many as three bidders -- Afcons Infrastructure– IRCON International– JMC Projects India consortium, Larsen & Toubro, and NCC– Tata Projects- J. Kumar Infra Projects- High Speed Rail Consortium -- …

Railways to reassess timeline on Bullet Train project, timeframe to emerge after few months
4 years, 4 months ago

Railways to reassess timeline on Bullet Train project, timeframe to emerge after few months

Hindustan Times  

The timeline of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail corridor will need to be reassessed due to Covid 19, but the real timeframe for its completion can be provided only within the next three to six months, railway board chairman and CEO VK Yadav said on Saturday. Hindustan Times on Friday had reported that the work on land acquisition and tendering for …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project going well, all clearance obtained: Railway Board Chairman
4 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project going well, all clearance obtained: Railway Board Chairman

India TV News  

Railways Board Chairman on Saturday said that work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train project is going while announcing that will run 80 new special trains from September 12. Railway board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said that work on the bullet train project is going well. Railways Board Chairman said the bullet train project was progressing well, but the real timeframe …

Bullet Train Project : SC Issues Notice On Farmers' Plea Against Land Acquisition
4 years, 11 months ago

Bullet Train Project : SC Issues Notice On Farmers' Plea Against Land Acquisition

Live Law  

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose issued notices on Friday to the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. and the Gujarat and Central governments on petitions against land acquisition for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.Farmers moved the apex court against land acquisition along the 508 km stretch for India's first bullet train, and. A Supreme Court …

Bullet Train funds likely to go for Maha farm loan waiver
5 years, 1 month ago

Bullet Train funds likely to go for Maha farm loan waiver

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 26 Maharashtra's new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, after taking over, is likely to announce a farm loan waiver scheme by cutting on the state's share in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed train project. On November 21, IANS has reported that Modi's Bullet train project, being implemented by the National High Speed Railway Corp Ltd, …

Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project may hit roadblock
5 years, 1 month ago

Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project may hit roadblock

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly ambitious Bullet train project of the National High Speed Railway Corp between Mumbai-Ahmedabad may hit a roadblock if the Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena combine comes to power in Maharashtra. Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had jointly laid the foundation stone for the Bullet train project in Ahmedabad in September 2017. A senior NCP source told …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train fare to be around Rs 3,000, says NHSRCL official; project expected to be completed by December 2023
5 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train fare to be around Rs 3,000, says NHSRCL official; project expected to be completed by December 2023

Firstpost  

The fare for the Mumbai- Ahmedabad bullet train would be around Rs 3,000, an official of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd Ahmedabad: The fare for the Mumbai- Ahmedabad bullet train would be around Rs 3,000, an official of the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd said on Thursday. Of the total 1,380 hectares of land required for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed …

Confusion surrounds Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project as RTI queries turn up different responses
5 years, 6 months ago

Confusion surrounds Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project as RTI queries turn up different responses

Firstpost  

Seeking clarity on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, RTI activist Jeetendra Ghadge had asked for details of the meetings of state-appointed sub committee that approved the project In the span of five months, the Maharashtra government has come up with three different responses to the same information sought under the Right to Information Act. Seeking clarity on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet …

NHSRCL to provide skill training to people affected by bullet train project
5 years, 6 months ago

NHSRCL to provide skill training to people affected by bullet train project

India TV News  

The NHSRCL Monday said its land acquisition process is not limited to providing compensation to those affected by the bullet train project as the company plans to train people in developing various skills including mobile and bike repairing for income generation. Around 28 youths are getting benefitted from the 45-day skill development training programme at Rural Development and Self Employment …

Only 39% of land needed for bullet train project acquired
5 years, 6 months ago

Only 39% of land needed for bullet train project acquired

The Quint  

By Anand Singh New Delhi, June 22 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is missing on its deadline of land acquisition as till date only 39 per cent of the 1,380 hectares of land required has been acquired. A senior National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. official requesting anonymity told IANS: "Till date, we have acquired about …

India’s 200 miles-per-hour bullet train has starting trouble
6 years, 2 months ago

India’s 200 miles-per-hour bullet train has starting trouble

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s bullet train project is moving at the pace of a commuter train instead. At the current rate of land acquisition, the bullet train built with Japan’s ‘Shinkansen’ technology risks missing its 2023 completion target. “Land acquisition is a very common problem in India and many projects are delayed, there’s no question about that,” said Raghbendra Jha, an …

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: NHSRCL to float over 20 tenders worth Rs 88,000 crore by January 2019
6 years, 3 months ago

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: NHSRCL to float over 20 tenders worth Rs 88,000 crore by January 2019

Firstpost  

The National High-Speed Corporation Limited is gearing to float more than 20 tenders for the bullet train project by January next year, sources in the railway ministry said. New Delhi: The National High-Speed Corporation Limited is gearing to float more than 20 tenders for the bullet train project by January next year, sources in the railway ministry said. Amid local …

1,000 Farmers Oppose Bullet Train Project In Gujarat HC
6 years, 3 months ago

1,000 Farmers Oppose Bullet Train Project In Gujarat HC

Live Law  

As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project.A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is hearing five petitions challenging the land acquisition process for the high-speed rail project.Besides these petitioners, 1,000. As many as 1,000 …

Godrej's alternate land suitable for bullet train: NHSRCL to Bombay HC
6 years, 5 months ago

Godrej's alternate land suitable for bullet train: NHSRCL to Bombay HC

India Today  

Bringing in a huge relief to the Godrej company, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, implementing the government's ambitious bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, on Tuesday, told the Bombay High Court that it was actively considering an alternate land for the construction of the new proposed rail link. Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company had last month approached …

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