A large number of National Highway Projects have been stucked due to land acquisition issues. This issue are taken up by NHAI from time to time in consultation with the State Governments by holding regular meetings for expediting the acquisition of land besides taking action. These include:
(i) Regional offices headed by Chief General Manager (CGM) have been set up for effective monitoring of implementation of projects;
(ii) Adequate powers have been delegated to the CGMs of Regional Offices in land acquisition;
(iii) High Powered Committees have been set up by State Governments with Chief Secretaries as Nodal Officer for National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and the Regional CGMs as a Member thereof
(iv) Special Land Acquisition Units (SLAU) have been set up in some States;
(v) Signing of State Support Agreement (SSA).
Since the proposed Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 has not been enacted, it is pre-mature to make any comment on escalation of the costs of NH projects on its enactment.
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