Mumbai: After clearing major hurdles like issuing forest clearance and giving land for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train ProjectThe Shinde-Fadnavis government in Maharashtra is removing many minor hurdles Rs 1.1 lakh crore Project.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which handed over a prime Bandra Kurla Complex plot to the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) last month for a bullet train, is preparing a draft notification for changes in the reservation. An MMRDA official told ThePrint that the development or area of several small plots along the bullet train alignment is as per plan).
MMRDA handles the regional planning for several satellite cities of Mumbai through which the bullet train will pass.
The official said: “There are several small scattered plots that fall along the alignment of the bullet train or in the zone of influence” [area immediately around the bullet train alignment], and the reservation of these plots needs to be changed to reflect that. We have issued several notifications to start the process of changing these reservations.”
The official said that the MMRDA has issued orders to anyone desirous of undertaking structural development in the bullet train impact zone to first obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the NHSRCL.
NHSRCL is implementing the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, which aims to make it possible to travel between the two cities at a speed of 320 kmph in three hours. At present it takes about seven hours to travel by train.
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scattered plots and spheres of influence
MMRDA officials told ThePrint that NHSRCL had shared a bullet train alignment and impact zone map for land acquisition and reservation changes in early 2020. However, the urban development department forwarded it to MMRDA for action only this year, he added. ,
A draft notification published by the MMRDA on September 14 talked about changes in the land reservation of 19 small plots in Bhiwandi, many of which are smaller than one hectare.
“There are many small plots in Thane, Bhiwandi, Palghar, north of Mumbai that are required for the project,” the MMRDA official quoted above said.
On NOC for bullet train impact zone, an NHSRCL spokesperson told ThePrint that the area within 20 meters from the edge of the bullet train alignment boundary in the elevated section of the project is considered as the impact zone.
For the underground section – about 21 km from Thane to the Bandra Kurla Complex where the bullet train will terminate – the zone of impact extends up to 25 meters from the center line.
“A NOC is required only if there is any structural development taking place along the alignment,” he said. “The NOC is required to check that any construction activity within the identified lateral distance does not violate or adversely affect the foundation or structure loading of the bullet train.”
Shock from Shinde government
bullet train, which is happening funding By the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), it will pass through 12 stations, four of which will be in Maharashtra and the rest in Gujarat.
the project was closed a slow start The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena strongly opposed the initiative following the slow pace of land acquisition in Maharashtra and other regulatory hurdles.
In contrast, the Shiv Sena’s Shinde faction and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Eknath Shinde-led government have given a strong push to the project since coming to power on June 30.
Within the first two months of coming to power, the Shinde government Gave Forest clearance for the project, shareholder agreement signed, and handing over of the major Bandra Kurla Complex plot required for an underground station.
(Edited by Polomi Banerjee)