NHAI timeline set for timely land acquisition

TO mitigate delays and additional financial burdens, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has come up with a timeline for smooth land acquisition.

- PARVEZ SULTAN @ New Delhi

The agency has made provisions for issuance of draft notification, its submission to the Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA), actual possession and mutation.

There are provisions for monitoring the land transfer process by the senior officials weekly and fortnightly.

The schedule has been prepared considering the window of 21 days available to the land owners during which they can object to the land acquisition notice.

The land is acquired by the NHAI as per the National Highways Act 1956 and 21-day period from date of publication of the notification in newspapers is stipulated to file objections.