SURAT: Farmers losing their land for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project in Surat district will get nearly Rs 5 crore per bigha as compensation.With this assurance, a major hurdle in the government’s ambitious project has been removed as five petitions filed against the land acquisition in the Gujarat High court have been withdrawn by the farmers. The decision by five farmers from Vaktana, Antroli and Kosmada in Palsana and Kamrej talukas of Surat district was taken after their main condition of compensation four-times the prevailing jantri rate was approved by the state government .Though these villages fall under Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA), farmers demanded that they be considered under gram panchayat area so that they become eligible for higher compensation.Their other two demands of increasing jantri rate after 2010-11 on regular basis will also be considered by government and 25% addition in compensation will be made to the final figure.At present jantri rate in Antroli, where the junction of bullet train station is planned, is Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 per sq m. Nearly 150 to 200 bigha of land will be acquired from this village whereas 8-10 bigha will be acquired from nearby villages like Vaktana, Kosmada, Niyol, Mori, Vaja, Bodan, Bhatia, Kacholi, Kholwad and others. In all, the land required from about 20 villages will be now be acquired by government.On Sunday morning, the land survey work began.One of farmers, Bhupendra Mehta of Vaktana, who will have to give up 2.5 bigha land said, “ With all the demands being satisfied, we will get about Rs five crore per bigha. However, this land is fully agricultural land and we grow sugarcane, vegetables nilgiri on my field.”KG Vaghela ,SDM, Kamrej said, “As their main demand was satisfied by government , they have willingly withdrawn their petitions from the high court. The work will speed up now.”