MNS workers disrupt bullet train land measuring process in

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists today disrupted the land measurement process for the bullet train project at Tembi Khodave village in neighbouring Palghar district, two days after the party workers held a similar protest at Shilphata area in Thane district.

On May 7, the MNS workers forced the suspension of the work of measuring land that needs to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail corridor, popularly called the bullet train project.

The land measurement process was being undertaken by the states Public Works Department.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray has been a vocal opponent of the multi-billion dollar project and has, during his public rallies, appealed to farmers along the route of the high speed corridor to not allow the Railways to acquire their lands.

The 508-kilometre Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, estimated to cost Rs 1,08,000 crore, is being built with the Japanese government providing a loan to cover 81 per cent of the cost.