Lok Sabha Question No. 6396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Policy of Land Acquisition for Road Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6396

ANSWERED ON 2 nd  APRIL, 2026

## POLICY OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR ROAD PROJECTS

6396. SHRI RAMASHANKAR VIDHARTHI RAJBHAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the current policy/norms for land acquisition for road construction and  the  minimum  and maximum  timeframe  from  the  issuance  of notification to the payment of compensation;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  farmers/landowners  in  the  Purvanchal  region who  have  been compensated  in  cases  of  land  acquisition  and  the number of cases currently pending;
- (c)  the  total  number  of  road  projects  pending  in  Purvanchal  due  to reasons related to land acquisition;
- (d)  the  current status of land acquisition and compensation payment for National Highway-727A  (Gorakhpur-Salempur-Deoria-Ballia) and National Highway-727B (Salempur-Bairia); and
- (e)  the  details  of  restrictions,  if  any,  on  the  sale  and  purchase  of residual land after acquisition, including the reasons and rules thereof, specifically with reference to NH-727A and NH-727B?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The  Government,  for  the  construction  of  National  Highways, acquires  land  under  The  National  Highways  (NH)  Act,  1956  and compensates the landowners under the provisions of The Right to Fair Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land  Acquisition,  Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013, relating to the determination of compensation in accordance with the First Schedule,  rehabilitation  and  resettlement  in  accordance  with  the Second  Schedule  and  infrastructural  amenities  in  accordance  with the Third Schedule, as per their applicability. Under the NH Act, 1956, following the publication of the preliminary notification under Section 3A,  the  declaration  of  acquisition  under  Section  3D  must  be  issued within a period of one  year from the date of the preliminary notification. The  Competent  Authority  for  Land  Acquisition  (CALA) proceeds  to  determine  the  compensation  under  section  3G  and disburses compensation to landowners. To facilitate this process, the government  has  developed  the  BhoomiRashi  portal,  which  enables direct credit of compensation amounts to accounts of beneficiaries. The timeframe for disbursement of compensation is subject to various factors  such  as  availability  /  ambiguities  in  land  records,  disputes regarding  the  ownership  of  the  acquired  land,  pendency  of  ongoing court cases, etc.
- (b) Disbursement of compensation is a continuous process undertaken by the  CALA.  So  far,  the  CALAs  have  awarded  1,80,577 landowners  /  affected  parties  in  the  Purvanchal  region  for  National Highway projects, of which 1,65,563 have been compensated.
- (c) 4 projects of National Highways in Purvanchal are pending due to various  reasons,  such  as  land  acquisition,  forest  clearance,  preconstruction activities, etc.

(d) Land  pertaining  to  National  Highway-727A  (Gorakhpur-SalempurDeoria-Ballia) and National Highway727B  (Salempur-Bairiya) is acquired,  and  disbursement  of  compensation  for  an  amount  of  Rs. 1191.16  crore  has  been  done  by  the  respective  CALAs  out  of  total awarded compensation of Rs. 1437.43 crore.

(e) There is no statutory restriction regarding the sale or purchase of residual land remaining with original landholders on acquisition under the National Highways Act, 1956.

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