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For acquisition of government land, which will be directly transferred to NHSRCL, 30 proposals have been submitted to the state government so far,” the official said.On Tuesday, NHSRCL will have a meeting with the land acquisition officers and state government to discuss the compensation awards for those who have given their consent for land acquisition. We need to acquire a total of 5,786 plots of which JMS of 4,121 plots has been completed. Vadodara: The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL), which is implementing the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, will start getting land parcels for the high-speed rail project in Gujarat by end of December.According to officials, of the total 1,002.62 hectares land to be acquired in Gujarat, 745 hectares is private land whereas the rest includes the land parcels owned by the Indian Railways and the state government. The total project-affected households in the state comes to nearly 8,400.Land needs to be acquired in 196 villages of eight districts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Valsad.“The joint measurement survey (JMS) of 143 out of 196 villages is completed. It is worth mentioning here that the bullet train project is the only one such project where those who agree to provide their land through consent award will get 25 % more compensation based on the jantri rates.“Once, we discuss the compensation awards for those villages who have expressed their readiness for consent awards, we will directly acquire their land,” said Ahirkar..