A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja allowed the plea filed by the NHSRCL seeking permission to cut the mangrove trees.
Of the total 508.17 km of rail track between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, about 21 km is to be underground. One of the entry points to the underground tunnel falls on the land at Vikhroli (owned by Godrej)
RTI activist Anil Galgali received the response from National High Speed Railway Corporation Limited that the timeline from completion can be fixed only after land acquisition in Maharashtra and awarding of tenders.
The entire stretch of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project running 352 kms in Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli were started in different phases from December 2020 onwards, reports IANS.
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) Deputy General Manager Umesh Kumar Gupta has conveyed this to Mumbai activist Anil Galgali in the RTI query response. 📰 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: No Time-Frame Fixed To Complete Project, Reveals RTI.