The Ministry of Railways on Wednesday said that the delay in land acquisition in the State of Maharashtra has affected the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) project.

Responding to a question of Member of Parliament from the Nalanda constituency of Bihar in Lok Sabha, Kaushalendra Kumar, the Minister of Railways Ashwani Vaishnaw in a written response said that till February this year, a physical progress of 32.93 per cent in Gujarat and 13.72 per cent in Maharashtra has been achieved.