Chhattisgarh’s Public Works Department Principal Secretary Amitabh Jain on Saturday claimed that the State Government would acquire land for National Highways and by-pass roads as per the new land Acquisition Act.
Speaking at a day-long workshop organised here for all the 27 districts Revenue Department land Acquisition officers of the National Highways Development Project, Jain stated that the district-level officers had been instructed to acquire land as per the guidelines of the National Highways Development Project to widen and upgrade roads.
Jain said that projects are underway at Chilpi- Kawardha- Simga route, Dhamtari to Jagdalpur route, Bilaspur-Raigarh-Saraipaali, Ambikapur-Patthalgaon and Patthalgaon to Jharkhand border via Jashpur.
By-pass roads are being laid at many of the places also. land will be acquired for the purpose. The distances between the small towns and villages will be reduced with the roads in the interiors.
Revenue Department Secretary K.R. Pisda opined that Union Government had amended the land Acquisition Act. He called upon the department officers to acquire land under the new land Acquisition Act to make the entire process smooth.
He further said the terms and conditions should be clearly mentioned when the land is acquired under the National Highways Development Project. Compensation should be adequately paid to the concerned parties. Rehabilitation also should be done to the affected parties.
The basic amenities to be provided should be mentioned in clear and categorical terms.Secretary of the Revenue Department said that even though the land had been acquired earlier but the compensation will be paid as per the new guidelines.
National Highways Development Project Government of India Superintendent Engineer S. K. Singh and Joint Secretary Revenue P. Nihalani were present.