Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote said today that as many as 54,000 mangroves spread over 13.36 hectares will be affected because of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor, commonly called the bullet train project. <br />'' <br />'' The Minister added that there will be no chopping of trees and there will no threat of flooding in some parts of Navi Mumbai. The pillars (of the project) will be high enough will not adversely affect the environment. Mr Raote said the state government has proposed to plant five plants for each one that will be cut for the multi-billion dollar project. <br />'' <br />'' The project, expected to cost over one lakh crore rupees, is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<br />'' <br />'' He added a total 1,379 hectares of land has been proposed to be an acquisition for the bullet train project of which 724.13 hectares is private land in Gujarat while 270.65 hectares is in Maharashtra. <br />'' <br />'' The Private land to be acquired on the Maharashtra side would be as per the 'private negotiation' policy of the state government. Private negotiation is a policy introduced by the state government some years back where it buys out land directly from the owner instead of following the land acquisition procedure which normally takes more time.<br />