Due to consistent protest by locals, farmers and fruit growers, India will not be able to acquire land by December deadline for $17 billion bullet train project.
“Protests against land acquisitions are common in India. Land acquisition for any project is complex in India,” said Dhananjay Kumar, spokesman for the National High-Speed Rail Corp Ltd (NHSRCL) that is overseeing the project.
Failure to procure the bullet train land by the deadline would delay disbursal of soft-loans by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A JICA spokeswoman said that India must create relocation plans for local residents and make them public in order to enter into a loan agreement covering the main part of the bullet train project.
However, local political opposition in Palghar, ahead of a general election next year, has fanned the protests. Farmers also have threatened a hunger strike.

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