NASHIK: The district administration has set an October-end deadline for the residents of eight villages in Sinnar taluka to voluntarily hand over 53 hectare of land for the proposed Nashik-Pune semi-high speed rail project
District collector Gangatharan D, who toured the villages in Sinnar and met the farmers, said the property owners should benefit from the option of direct sale of land within the next five months, failing which, the administration would forcibly acquire the land.