The land acquisition has remained a controversial issue for the UT Administration. The already scrapped mega projects of the UT Administration had come under the scanner of Union Home Ministry in 2009 which had put on hold further land acquisitions and had also pointed out procedural lapses in land acquirement and allotment in a special audit of projects.
The Ministry of Home Affairs had also directed the Administration to get approved the plan by the competent authority and also to get clearance from the MHA for the land acquisition proposed for the projects in the peripheral areas. Further, the Administration was directed to approach the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to carry out environment impact assessment before going in for further land acquisition for any project in accordance with the development plan of the periphery.