The land for National
Highways is acquired as per provisions of either the National
Highways Act, 1956 (as amended in 1997) or the Land Acquisition
Act, 1894. The compensation for the land to be acquired for
the development of National Highways is decided by the Competent
Authority based on the market rates and other relevant factors,
like damage sustained by the land owner by way of loss of standing
crops, trees, severance of land, etc and not on the basis of
the local registry alone. Land is acquired from the owner after
following due procedure prescribed under law. Opportunity is
given to the affected land owner to raise objection, if any,
before the Competent Authority.
This information
was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Road Transport and Highways, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) B.C. Khanduri
in a written reply to a question of Shri Balkavi Bairagi in
Rajya Sabha today.
