JALANDHAR
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Advisor (land acquisition) Hussan Lal and Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal on Thursday stressed the disbursement of land acquisition compensation at the earliest.
Reviewing the status of the 6-lane Jalandhar bypass and Amritsar-Bathinda projects in the district administrative complex, they asked the officials to settle the compensation cases soon to avoid further delay in these projects.
They told them to work in unison to speed up the work so that economic activities get a major push besides easing out the traffic congestion, promoting tourism, road safety, and enhancing employment opportunities.
NHAI Advisor Hussan Lal and Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal stated that the six-lane Jalandhar bypass having a total length of 46.50 km starts from Kahlwan and ends at Kang Sabu via Sarmastpur and Madara as part of the North-South corridor decongestion in Punjab under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
They also asked the concerned SDMs to personally monitor the exercise of changing mutations from owner to NHAI in revenue records in the cases where owners had already received awards against their property.
SDMs in the meeting said that 77 % compensation amount had already been disbursed whereas possession of 69 % of the land had also been acquired under the six-lane Jalandhar bypass project whereas for the Amritsar-Bathinda project (15.20 km runs in Jalandhar), 79.35 % compensation had also been disbursed and 10.81 km land had also been acquired.
Sarangal stated the officials to immediately grant compensation in the awarded cases besides taking possession of the acquired land for the NHAI.
He also ordered the formation of joint committees comprising officials from the administration and NHAI so that these prestigious projects could be completed in a given time frame.
Prominent amongst those present in the meeting included ADC (G) Major Amit Mahajan, officials of NHAI, and SDMs.
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