THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND
HIGHWAYS (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
has acquired 6224, 8577, 9801 and 2486 hectares of land
during the years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13
(up to July, 2012) respectively for the National Highways
Development Projects. The State-wise and year-wise details
are at Annexure-I. The amount released for payment of
compensation during the years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12
and 2012-13 (up to June, 2012) was Rs. 1420 crores, Rs.
5246 crores, Rs. 4507 crores and Rs 924 crores respectively.
(b) & (c) 16 number of National Highway (NH) projects have
come to standstill due to delay in land acquisition. The
State-wise and location-wise details including the state of
West Bengal are at Annexure-II. None of the NH project is
standstill in the state of Bihar due to delay in land
acquisition. To overcome the problem of delay in land
acquisition, the NHAI has initiated various measures which
include, taking up the issue with the higher authorities of
the State Governments for expediting the land acquisition,
regular meetings at higher levels for speeding up the
acquisition of land, constitution of High Powered Committee
under the Chief Secretary of the State, setting up of Regional
Offices headed by Chief General Manager (CGM) level officers,
decentralizing the financial powers, strengthening the
infrastructure and manpower resources for the Competent
Authority Land Acquisition and Project Implementation Units
of NHAI and setting up of Special Land Acquisition Units in
some of the States.
