Maharashtra Allocates Rs 170 Billion For Key Land Acquisitions
25 Jun 2025
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CW Team
The Maharashtra government will release Rs 170 billion to speed up land purchases for nine major Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation schemes, including expressways and multimodal corridors. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered that all priority acquisitions finish by end-2025 to curb delays and cost overruns.
Acquisition for the Pune Ring Road and the Jalna鈥揘anded Expressway is nearing completion, while surveys are under way for the Virar鈥揂libaug multimodal corridor, the Shaktipeeth (Golden Triangle) Expressway, new Vidarbha highways and the Navgaon鈥揗orgaon and Vadhwan鈥揝amruddhi link roads.
The state has already sanctioned Rs 360 billion for land-related work: Rs 90 billion for Pune Ring Road, Rs 21.4 billion for Jalna鈥揘anded and Rs 220 billion for the Virar鈥揂libaug route. The new Rs 170 billion injection will be released in stages as acquisition progresses.
Mr Fadnavis told officials that any holdup would inflate costs and urged departments to avoid bureaucratic snags. Financing models鈥擯ublic-Private Partnership or Build-Operate-Transfer鈥攚ill be finalised only after land deals close.
On the Shaktipeeth Expressway, measurements are complete in 86 of 300 villages, with the remainder due by August. The route will link Nagpur, Mumbai and Goa, boosting both pilgrimage and trade traffic.
The finance department has been directed to disburse Rs 120 billion immediately, while the forest department must accelerate environmental clearances for ecologically sensitive stretches such as the Morbe鈥揔aranja section of the Virar鈥揂libaug corridor.
Additional priorities include the Vadhwan鈥揑gatpuri Expressway, several Vidarbha expressways (Bhandara鈥揋adchiroli, Nagpur鈥揅handrapur and Nagpur鈥揋ondiya) and mineral and rail corridors at Navegaon鈥揝urjagad and Wardha鈥揘anded.
The Maharashtra government will release Rs 170 billion to speed up land purchases for nine major Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation schemes, including expressways and multimodal corridors. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered that all priority acquisitions finish by end-2025 to curb delays and cost overruns.Acquisition for the Pune Ring Road and the Jalna鈥揘anded Expressway is nearing completion, while surveys are under way for the Virar鈥揂libaug multimodal corridor, the Shaktipeeth (Golden Triangle) Expressway, new Vidarbha highways and the Navgaon鈥揗orgaon and Vadhwan鈥揝amruddhi link roads.The state has already sanctioned Rs 360 billion for land-related work: Rs 90 billion for Pune Ring Road, Rs 21.4 billion for Jalna鈥揘anded and Rs 220 billion for the Virar鈥揂libaug route. The new Rs 170 billion injection will be released in stages as acquisition progresses.Mr Fadnavis told officials that any holdup would inflate costs and urged departments to avoid bureaucratic snags. Financing models鈥擯ublic-Private Partnership or Build-Operate-Transfer鈥攚ill be finalised only after land deals close.On the Shaktipeeth Expressway, measurements are complete in 86 of 300 villages, with the remainder due by August. The route will link Nagpur, Mumbai and Goa, boosting both pilgrimage and trade traffic.The finance department has been directed to disburse Rs 120 billion immediately, while the forest department must accelerate environmental clearances for ecologically sensitive stretches such as the Morbe鈥揔aranja section of the Virar鈥揂libaug corridor.Additional priorities include the Vadhwan鈥揑gatpuri Expressway, several Vidarbha expressways (Bhandara鈥揋adchiroli, Nagpur鈥揅handrapur and Nagpur鈥揋ondiya) and mineral and rail corridors at Navegaon鈥揝urjagad and Wardha鈥揘anded.
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