Kicking of the land acquisition process for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) acquired about 1.95 hectares of land over the past two days. Of the total, 1.57 hectares have been acquired from Chansad in Gujarat and remaining 0.29 hectare from Paye village near Bhiwandi in Maharashtra. A small plot of 0.09 hectare at BKC is already in the corporation's possession.

While NRI Savita Ben, who runs a restaurant in Germany, was the first to hand over her plot in Chansad village at Rs 30,234, the remaining 0.29 hectare belonging to four people — Ramesh Manik Gala, Minakshi Ramesh Gala, Mohammed Salum Abdul Gafur Khan and Raja Begum — was acquired at a cost of '33,276.