Summary:
The protest against land acquisition for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has become a huge roadblock for the cash flow from Japan. "The state government has been trying hard to expedite the land acquisition by talking to farmers. The JICA stopped the payment on the grounds that the project did not show any progress due to several disputes. A senior state official, said on condition of anonymity, "As issues over acquisition of land for the bullet train project surfaced in Gujarat as well as in Maharashtra, no progress could be made. The first installment of Rs 125 crore was sanctioned when the Japanese PM visited Gujarat in last September.".