Chennai-Salem: NHAI eyes 1,900 hectares of land

CHENNAI: The central and state governments’ bold 277km Chennai-Salem greenfield highway project underneath the Bharatmala Pariyojana scheme is selecting up tempo with the National Highways Authority of India, the imposing agency, publishing a notification for land acquisition in Tiruvannamalai district.

The notification offers main points of the villages and land parcels in which the street could be constructed in the district. The Rs10,000crore highway is being designed for a top pace of 120 km in step with hour and would narrow throughout 159 villages in Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Salem districts.



The highway will probably be named NH 179 A and 179 B. A complete of 1,900 hectares of land, including round 400 hectares of presidency poramboke land underneath 9 forest ranges in Tiruvannamalai and Kancheepuram districts will probably be acquired for the project. Maximum land will probably be acquired in Tiruvannamalai district as the street will pass via 74 villages in the district.

According to the notification, a total of 1,306 hectares of land, including government poramboke land, will probably be acquired for the project in Chetpet, Chengam, Vandavasi, Cheyyar, Polur and Tiruvannamalai taluks in Tiruvannamalai district. The land belongs to 7,237 folks. People in lots of villages are protesting in opposition to the project. Farmers may be compensated two to three occasions their land worth.

‘Farmers could be compensated through 2-Three times the land worth’

MS Susairaj, a farmer in C Nammiyanthal, mentioned he came to grasp concerning the land acquisition from the paper notification. “It will have an effect on our livelihood. We have petitioned DMK chief M K Stalin to lend a hand us,” mentioned Susairaj whose 50 cents with a well fall along the street alignment.


The notification has been revealed as in step with the provisions of phase three A (Power to obtain land) of the National Highways Act 1956.


“We have made the main points to be had for the general public throughout the commercial and it's been done as in step with the standard process and Act to inform the purpose to obtain the land,” mentioned an NHAI professional.


The owners of the lands, underneath the provision of phase three C (1) the Act, can represent their grievances and objections to the competent authority such as the district revenue officer (land acquisition), NHAI officials and district collector inside 21 days from the date of publishing the notification.


“Each objection could be heard and disposed of,” he mentioned. The farmers could be compensated two to three occasions of the land worth as in step with the Act, he added.
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