The Gujarat government on Monday confirmed in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly that the Adani Group had applied to acquire more than 91,000 sq m of government-owned grazing land at various locations in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts. 

The group has submitted applications to acquire land in exchange for developing townships and an economic zone. All these applications are pending with the government.

Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar asked the government whether, as of December 31, 2024, Adani Group had applications pending to acquire government-owned grazing land, and wasteland in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts. He also inquired about the details of the applications and their intended purpose.

Pending land exchange requests

In response, the state government confirmed that the applications were indeed pending. In Ahmedabad district, Adani Group has requested a land exchange at Khodiyar village in Daskroi taluka. The company has applied to exchange 33,286 sq m of land from survey number 292 in return for 18,718 sq m of grazing land from survey number 329 and 11,129 sq m from survey number 361, totalling 29,847 sq m.

Moreover, in Gandhinagar district, at Dantali village, the company has applied to exchange 63,132 sq m of grazing land from survey numbers 217, 218, 219, 222, 468, and 512 in return for 61,211 sq m of their privately owned land at survey numbers 174, 177, 186, 228, 171, and 175.

Furthermore, the state government stated that the group has also sought in Kalol’s Jaspur village (Gandhinagar), 202 sq m of government land (survey-block numbers 308 and 309). 

The company has submitted applications for a total of 91,260 sq m of land exchange for developing a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Ahmedabad and a township in Gandhinagar.

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