NHAI may scrap projects where land acquisition is yet to be completed

The NHAI plan to scrap projects stalled by tardy land acquisition would also help check escalation of costs

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) might terminate projects where acquisition of land is yet to be completed by states, said a source. 

Contractors will be paid for the work they have done, but the remaining portion of the incomplete projects will be scrapped.

This was decided as the NHAI recently got entangled in various arbitration cases by contractors for delay in land acquisition. “The states will soon be informed about this,” said the source.

This policy will be implemented mainly for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects where construction began at least three years back but have