JALANDHAR
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal asked the Competent Authorities for Land Acquisition (CALAs) to ensure speedy land acquisition and disbursement of compensation under the Greenfield six-lane Jalandhar bypass and Amritsar-Bathinda section part of Amritsar-Jamnagar economic corridor projects.
In a meeting with SDMs and DRO after a video conference, the Deputy Commissioner said that these projects were of national importance and would help to lase out the traffic congestion, promote tourism, and road safety, and enhance employment opportunities.
He said that Greenfield's six-lane Jalandhar bypass would start from Kahlwan village and end at Kang Sabu via Sarmastpur and Madara as part of the North-South corridor decongestion in Punjab under Bharatmala Pariyojana.
A total of 42.20 km of the land will be acquired and 7 KM of the land is still pending for acquisition. He said that the acquired stretch had also been handed over to NHAI and an amount of Rs 393 crore had also been disbursed to the landowners.
For the Amritsar-Bathinda section part of the Amritsar-Jamnagar economic corridor project, Sarangal said that 15.20 km of the land was being acquired and only 2 km of land was pending acquisition. He said that the acquired stretch had also been handed over to NHAI besides an amount of Rs 95 crore had also been transferred to land and other properties' owners.
The Deputy Commissioner told the CALAs to clear all these issues before November 15 so that these projects can be completed within the timeline. He said that no laxity would be tolerated at any cost on the part of CALAs.
Prominent amongst those present on the occasion included ADC Major Dr. Amit Mahajan, SDMs Vikas Hira, Amanpal Singh, Balbir Raj Singh, Kanwaljeet Singh, and others.