(a) the area of land acquired for construction and widening of the National Highways
during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
(b) the amount of compensation released for such acquisition, State-wise;
(c) the area of land to be acquired for the NH Projects, State-wise;
(d) the time by which the said land is likely to be acquired; and
(e) the number of cases of land acquisition under dispute and settled during the last three
years and the current year, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI T.R.BAALU)
(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.276 FOR
ANSWER ON 17-12-2008 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA BHUSHAN SINGH AND SHRI MAHAVIR BHAGORA REGARDING
ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.
(a) to (e) The Government of India is overall responsible for development and maintenance of
National Highways. Various works relating to the National Highways are implemented through
different agencies, such as State Governments, Border Roads Organisation and National Highways
Authority of India(NHAI). These agencies are also responsible for acquisition of land for
development of National Highways as per the requirements.
Information on the land acquired for construction and widening of the National Highways during
the last three years and the current year, the amount of compensation released, area of land to
be acquired for National Highway Projects, number of disputes and those settled till date, in
respect of the projects being implemented by the State Governments is given in Annexure – I.
As regards projects implemented by National Highways Authority of India, the information is
given in Annexure-II. Land Acquisition is a continuous process and efforts are made to expedite
the same.
Information from some States/Union Territories, Border Roads Organisation is being collected
and will be laid on the Table of the House.