No need to relax land acquisition norms for building highways: T R Baalu
There is no necessity to relax land acquisition norms for building national highways, Surface Transport Minister T R Baalu has said.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: There is no necessity to relax land acquisition norms for building national highways, Surface Transport Minister T R Baalu said on Wednesday.
The National Highway Authority of India has already acquired 90.96 per cent land required for the Golden Quadrilateral project, he said in reply to a question asked by Shriniwas Patil on six laning of roads.
"So far concessions for six sections of the Golden Quadrilateral have been awarded," he said adding the land requirement for two of these sections (Vadodara-Bharuch and Bharuch-Surat have been assessed and as 43.5893 hectares.
The balance four sections -- Surat-Dahisar and Gurgaon-Jaipur on NH-8, Chennai-Tada and Chikaluripat-Vijaywada on NH-5 -- were awarded on February 21 and action for land acquisition is being initiated.
Baalu said the NHAI was facing difficulties even in carrying out surveys of land for completion of Golden Quadrilateral project in West Bengal.
"There are problems in every state but here (in West Bengal) it is too much. It is unbearable. Even interventions by External Affairs Minister (Pranab Mukherjee) and Parliamentary Affairs Minister (P R Dasmunsi) have not worked," he said.
In reply to a separate question, Baalu said the Centre had allocated Rs 1535.46 crore, Rs 1535.36 crore and Rs 868 crore for development of state roads in 2006-07, 2005-06 and 2004-05 respectively.
The National Highway Authority of India has already acquired 90.96 per cent land required for the Golden Quadrilateral project, he said in reply to a question asked by Shriniwas Patil on six laning of roads.
"So far concessions for six sections of the Golden Quadrilateral have been awarded," he said adding the land requirement for two of these sections (Vadodara-Bharuch and Bharuch-Surat have been assessed and as 43.5893 hectares.
The balance four sections -- Surat-Dahisar and Gurgaon-Jaipur on NH-8, Chennai-Tada and Chikaluripat-Vijaywada on NH-5 -- were awarded on February 21 and action for land acquisition is being initiated.
Baalu said the NHAI was facing difficulties even in carrying out surveys of land for completion of Golden Quadrilateral project in West Bengal.
"There are problems in every state but here (in West Bengal) it is too much. It is unbearable. Even interventions by External Affairs Minister (Pranab Mukherjee) and Parliamentary Affairs Minister (P R Dasmunsi) have not worked," he said.
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In reply to a separate question, Baalu said the Centre had allocated Rs 1535.46 crore, Rs 1535.36 crore and Rs 868 crore for development of state roads in 2006-07, 2005-06 and 2004-05 respectively.
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