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That will be decided by the SMC as per the BPMC Act or by district collector once space is acquired by the collector as per law.” Currently, 7,000 sqm railway land and 1,810 sqm SMC land is occupied by 160 shop owners or tenants. Surat: The Surat Municipal corporation (SMC) on Tuesday evening held first consultation meeting with over 80 shop owners whose land is likely to be acquired for setting up of the Rs 5,000 crore Multi Model Transport Hub (MMTH) near the existing Surat railway station.SMC, that held the meeting on behalf of the Indian Railways presented two options before shop owners. Second option is they will get shops on the front side of the hub, but allotted either second, third or fourth floor.Jivan Patel, director of planning at SMC told TOI, “Majority of the shop keepers want compensation in cash. First option is of having 60% of the present land in form of shops on ground floor on the back side of the MMTH. A total of 2.54 lakh sq m land is earmarked for the project..