Protests erupt over land acquisition for bullet train
Residents of villages in Palghar, Dahanu and Virar on the outskirts of Mumbai who stand to lose their land to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project have come out in protests in many places after the local administration barred the transfer of land in the earmarked areas, according to officials here.
“In many places, officials from the revenue department were chased away by villagers,” a state government official said. However with the Maharashtra Government paying as much as five times the ready reckoner rate for infrastructure projects, officials expect to convince landowners to part with their properties.
Courtesy: The Tribune