+
 SC nod for Chennai-Salem expressway land acquisition
ROADS & HIGHWAYS

SC nod for Chennai-Salem expressway land acquisition

Justices Krishna Murari, B R Gavai, and A.M Khanwilkar allowed the Centre on Tuesday to go ahead with land acquisition the Chennai-Krishnagiri-Salem eight-lane expressway, paving the way for the Rs 10,000 crore. The project is under the Bharatmala project.

The Supreme Court held that the government was free to create a new highway or notify any land as a highway to secure a social order in the concerned region as well as to promote the welfare of the people.

The Supreme Court said that the central government is free to construct or build a new national highway, also including the provisioning of new economic opportunities in the area through which the national highway would pass.

Under the 1956 Act, a self-contained code, the government had claimed that before the beginning of the project, the acquisition process initiated was wholly independent and cannot be fused with formalities and procedures.

Approved in February 2018, the project was expected to cut down travel time between Salem and Chennai to under four hours.

The Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I plans 24,800 km at an estimated outlay of Rs 535,000 crore spanning five years of work, from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

Image Source

Justices Krishna Murari, B R Gavai, and A.M Khanwilkar allowed the Centre on Tuesday to go ahead with land acquisition the Chennai-Krishnagiri-Salem eight-lane expressway, paving the way for the Rs 10,000 crore. The project is under the Bharatmala project. The Supreme Court held that the government was free to create a new highway or notify any land as a highway to secure a social order in the concerned region as well as to promote the welfare of the people. The Supreme Court said that the central government is free to construct or build a new national highway, also including the provisioning of new economic opportunities in the area through which the national highway would pass. Under the 1956 Act, a self-contained code, the government had claimed that before the beginning of the project, the acquisition process initiated was wholly independent and cannot be fused with formalities and procedures. Approved in February 2018, the project was expected to cut down travel time between Salem and Chennai to under four hours. The Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I plans 24,800 km at an estimated outlay of Rs 535,000 crore spanning five years of work, from 2017-18 to 2021-22. Image Source

Related Stories

Gold Stories

Next Story
Infrastructure Transport

97 Per Cent Of Rongjeng-Mangsang-Adokgre Road Nears Completion

Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of public works Prestone Tynsong said in Shillong on 26 August that 97 per cent physical progress had been achieved on the ongoing Rongjeng-Mangsang-Adokgre road being constructed under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR). He noted the project was sanctioned in 2017 and that the stipulated time for completion had been 24 months from issue of the final work order. The deputy chief minister informed the assembly that the government had decided to include the remaining work under a World Bank project. In reply to a query from Rongjeng MLA Jim M Sangm..

Next Story
Infrastructure Transport

First TBM Starts Digging Five Point Three Kilometre Tunnel Under SGNP

The Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) Phase three (B) project has reached a key milestone as the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) began excavation of the first of two tunnels beneath the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). The machine, named Tulsi, started cutting a five point three kilometre bore that will link Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari in Goregaon East with Amar Nagar in Mulund West. Officials issued a statement noting the commencement of tunnelling work under the protected green belt. The twin tunnels are being constructed using mechanised tunnelling methods that aim to limit surface di..

Next Story
Infrastructure Transport

UP Approves Two Expressways And Rs 240 bn Infrastructure Push

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved a series of infrastructure and industrial investment proposals totalling Rs 240 billion (Rs 240 bn), including two major expressway projects, a manufacturing and logistics cluster in Sultanpur and incentives for 11 industrial projects across the state. The decisions, taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, underline the state government’s focus on expanding road connectivity around emerging industrial hubs while attracting manufacturing investment to districts beyond major urban centres. The approvals cover both greenfield expressway c..

Advertisement

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Get daily newsletters around different themes from Construction world.

STAY CONNECTED

Advertisement

SPECIAL OFFER
QR Code