Summary:
The Thane Municipal Corporation in its general body meeting last week put on hold a proposal for the acquisition of land for the bullet train. This is the second time that Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators have put the proposal on hold. A part of the Bullet train alignment passes through the Thane district and this land is a part of a transfer deal approved by the collector's office. Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week expressed displeasure over the slow progress of the bullet train project in Maharashtra. It starts at BKC in Mumbai with an underground station, has an undersea tunnel till Thane and then becomes elevated..