Surat has got Gujarat’s 1st Town Planning Scheme Linked To Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project. Five Town Planning schemes are being drawn up to boost housing, business, and economic activity on the bullet train route. This special initiative is to manage urban expansion around the bullet train route. This scheme will enhance infrastructure on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet train route. It is Gujarat’s maiden scheme to boost grown on a bullet train route. Over 3 lakh square metres of land has been set aside for the road development. Five Town Planning schemes will be conceived to promote housing, business and economic activity on the route.
According to an official communication by Gujarat Government’s senior town planner KD Patel, “Town Planning Scheme No. 61 (Kosmada–Chhedcha–Oviyan) is not just a planning document for the fast-developing city of Surat, but a roadmap for the inclusive and future-ready growth of the region. Covering 909 hectares, a total of five town planning schemes are being designed around the Bullet Train HSR node to strengthen the foundation for the city’s economic zones, residential areas, and multimodal connectivity.”
The purpose of the town planning initiative is to coordinate infrastructure with residential and commercial expansion, making sure that roads, utilities, and public spaces are developed in line with the requirements of the bullet train corridor.
The state government has cleared Scheme No. 61 as a draft town planning proposal in line with the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act of 1976.
India’s first town planning scheme, TP Scheme No. 1 (Jamalpur) in Ahmedabad, was introduced on September 1, 1925, under the Town Planning Act of 1915. Exactly a century later, in September 2025, an initial decision was announced for TP Scheme No. 61 in Surat. He further highlighted that this was the first instance of a scheme of this size being approved in such a short span.
The town planning scheme, spread across nearly 164 hectares and involving about 135 final plots, has been approved following hearings that considered applications, objections, and inputs from landowners and other stakeholders.
The five town planning schemes are set to span across seven villages in Surat district: Kosmada, Chhedcha, Antroli, Sabargam, Oviyan, Niyol, and Vankaneda. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor will feature 12 stations in total, with eight located in Gujarat and the remaining four in Maharashtra.
