Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Centre Says No Land Acquisition Requested for Three Rail Corridors
India is studying three possible high-speed rail routes connected to Hyderabad.
The routes would go to Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Centre has not asked state governments to acquire land for these projects.
The routes are still being studied and have not been chosen yet.
Vaishnaw said acquiring land for the rail projects before the routes are finalised is illegal.
Once the routes are decided, the details will be shared with state governments and farmers.
A report said land acquisition efforts by the Telangana government had faced resistance from farmers near Hyderabad.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Centre had sent no land acquisition requisitions to state governments for the proposed corridors.
The three proposed high-speed rail links would connect Hyderabad with Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune.
Alignment studies for all three corridors are underway, and their routes have not yet been finalised.
Vaishnaw said land acquisition carried out in the name of the high-speed rail projects at this stage is illegal.
Once alignments are finalised, route details will be shared with state governments and farmers; Telangana land acquisition efforts had faced farmer resistance.
- Who
- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy.
- What
- Vaishnaw said no land acquisition requisitions had been sent for three proposed high-speed rail corridors, whose alignments remain under study.
- When
- The reports place the statements on Friday and Saturday; one report is dated October 10, but no year is given.
- Where
- The proposed corridors link Hyderabad with Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune; the ministers discussed them in Hyderabad.
- Why
- The route alignment studies are ongoing, and the routes have not been finalised.
- Proposed corridors
- Hyderabad–Chennai, Hyderabad–Bengaluru and Hyderabad–Pune
- Land acquisition requests
- Vaishnaw said no requisitions had been sent to the respective state governments.
- Study status
- Alignment studies for all three corridors are underway.
- Route status
- The alignments have not yet been finalised.
- Land acquisition warning
- Vaishnaw said acquisition in the projects’ names at this stage is illegal.
- Next step
- Route details will be shared with state governments and farmers after alignments are finalised.
- Reported resistance
- Telangana government land acquisition efforts for the corridor and other projects faced resistance from farmers on Hyderabad’s outskirts.
