State not willing to part with BKC land for bullet train project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project of a bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad received a jolt when the state government refused to provide a piece of land sought by the railways at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).

The state government is believed to have conveyed the same to the railways and asked them to look at an alternate piece of land.

Sources from the government informed that the state government has put forward alternate pieces of land in BKC for the project.

However, the alternate pieces of land are located on one corner and are not in any way at the proposed site of International Financial Services Center.

The sources informed that the state  government has also proposed to provide a piece of land in Dharavi which is going for redevelopment. The government offered another piece of land at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus.

Sources said that the state government has informed officials of High Speed Railway Corporation, which will be undertaking the bullet train project, about their inability to provide the proposed land below IFSC.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be laying the foundation stone of the bullet train project at Ahmedabad in September.