MUMBAI, June 28 -- For residents of Uttan, who only months ago celebrated forcing the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to abandon plans for a Metro Rail car depot in their village, another battle over their land has already begun. This time, the development authority has identified more than 100 hectares in Uttan for the ambitious Mumbai-Vadhavan Expressway Corridor (Uttan-Virar Sea Link), with nearly a fifth of it proposed to be acquired for the project's entry and exit connectors. The process formally began on Wednesday after MMRDA issued a public notice identifying 104.285 hectares in Uttan village that would be partly or wholly required for the project. Of this, nearly 20.2 hectares have been earmarked for acquisition to construct the Mumbai-Vadhavan Expressway Corridor's entry and exit connectors. The schedule of affected plots lists more than 600 survey numbers. At present, MMRDA is focusing on the Uttan-Virar Sea Link component of the larger corridor. Estimated to cost Rs.87,400 crore. The latest acquisition move comes less than a year after Uttan residents successfully opposed MMRDA's proposal to build the Mumbai Metro 9 (Dahisar East-Mira Bhayandar) car depot in Dongri, Uttan. "The MMRDA has issued a public notice listing all the plots affected, but none of the affected owners have been sent any notice directly. If MMRDA already has a list of owners, why didn't they approach them? The project's alignment also impacts homes. Authorities should have planned the alignment on barren land," said Sharmila Bagaji, corporator from Shiv Sena in Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation....