Hurdles in land acquisition process? NHAI to scrap part of contract

NHAI Chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu said the matter of land acquisition should not be left pending as it leads to litigation cases in the future.

To reduce build-up of arbitration cases, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has asked its project managers to cancel portions of the proposed contracts in case of hurdles in the land acquisition process.
 
NHAI Chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, in a letter to the authority’s regional offices and project director, has said the matter of land acquisition should not be left pending as it leads to litigation cases in the future.
 
“In future, the stipulated land would be acquired and handed over encumbrance free to the contractor in time or that part of the project will be cancelled