Lok Sabha Question No. 4842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Acquisition of Land for NH Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Jasbir Singh Gill

be pleased to state:

- (a)    the details of land being acquired for four-laning of three National Highway (NH) projects namely, Amritsar to Tanda via Mehta, Ghuman, Srihargobindpur and Bathinda to Dabawali and Beas to Dera Baba Nanak via Mehta, Batala;
- (b)    the steps taken by the Government to ensure proper compensation to the people whose land is being acquired; and
- (c)    the criteria being fixed to calculate the said compensation?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)    The details of land being acquired for four-laning of three National Highway (NH) projects namely, Amritsar to Tanda via Mehta, Ghuman, Srihargobindpur and Bathinda to Dabawali and Beas to Dera Baba Nanak via Mehta, Batala, is as under:

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4842

ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2021

## ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR NH PROJECTS

4842. SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

| Project                                                                  | District    | Competent Authority For Land Acquisition (CALA)   | Total no. of village   | Land to acquired (approx.) (Area Hectare)   | be in   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------|
| Amritsar to Tanda via Mehta-Ghuman, Shri Hargobindpur (NH-503 A)         | Amritsar    | SDM Amritsar- I SDM Baba Bakala                   | 9 17                   | 58.5048 67.8149                             |         |
| Amritsar to Tanda via Mehta-Ghuman, Shri Hargobindpur (NH-503 A)         | Gurdaspur   | SDM Batala                                        |                        |                                             |         |
| Amritsar to Tanda via Mehta-Ghuman, Shri Hargobindpur (NH-503 A)         | Hoshiarpur  | SDM Dasuya                                        | 19 15                  | 83.7776 52.2551                             |         |
|                                                                          | Total       |                                                   | 60                     | 262.35                                      |         |
| Beas to Dera- Baba- Nanak via Mehta, Batala                              | Amritsar    | DRO Amritsar                                      | 14                     | 84.9771                                     |         |
| (NH-503 D)                                                               | Gurdaspur   | DRO Gurdaspur                                     | 39                     | 172.3592                                    |         |
| Total                                                                    | Total       |                                                   | 53                     | 257.34                                      |         |
| 6 laning of Jodhpur Romana (Bhatinda) to Mandi Dabwali section of NH -54 | Bathinda    | Bathinda Talwandi Saboo                           | 9 1                    | 147.5007 10.0767                            |         |
| Total                                                                    | Total       |                                                   | 10                     | 157.58                                      |         |
| Grand Total                                                              | Grand Total |                                                   | 123                    | 677 (approx.)                               | ha.     |

(b)  &  (c)              The  compensation  in-lieu  of  land  acquired  for  NH projects  is  determined  by  Competent  Authority  for  Land  Acquisition (CALA)  in  accordance  with  the  First  Schedule  of  the  Right  to  Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013. In order to address various issues of  Land  Acquisition  in  a  holistic  manner,  clarify  things  and  to  ensure proper  compensation,  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has issued 'A Manual  of Guidelines on Land  Acquisition for National Highways under the National Highways Act, 1956'.

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