Archive · 14 Sep 2025
Surat Launches Town Planning for Bullet Train Project
Surat, a city in Gujarat, is starting a new plan to manage how it grows, especially around the new bullet train line.
The plan is called Town Planning Scheme No.
61 and it aims to build roads and organize where houses and businesses will be.
It is designed to support the bullet train and make the area more connected.
This is the first such plan for Gujarat tied to this project.
The government has approved the first phase, which involved discussions with landowners.
The scheme includes land for roads, with the aim of making the area better for people to live and work.
Surat will implement Gujarat's first Town Planning Scheme tied to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train.
Over 3 lakh square meters of land will be dedicated to road development.
Five Town Planning schemes are being designed to enhance housing, business, and connectivity.
The scheme covers seven villages around the bullet train corridor.
The project aims to coordinate infrastructure with commercial and residential expansion.
- Who
- The state government and senior town planner KD Patel are involved.
- What
- Gujarat's first Town Planning Scheme linked to the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
- When
- Approved in September 2025, following an announcement.
- Where
- Surat, Gujarat.
- Why
- To manage urban expansion, boost activity, and enhance connectivity around the bullet train route.
- Project
- Town Planning Scheme No. 61
- Location
- Surat, Gujarat
- Land for Roads
- Over 3 lakh square metres
- Number of Schemes
- 5
- Villages Involved
- 7 (Kosmada, Chhedcha, Antroli, Sabargam, Oviyan, Niyol, and Vankaneda)
- Initial Decision Date
- September 2025