 "TRAIN FOR LAND In the land acquisition case over the construction of the Chandigarh-Ludhiana railway line, a court awarded the New Delhi-Amritsar Swarna Shatabdi Express, which runs between New Delhi and Amritsar, to one of the litigants seeking comp")
The assumption that a private individual cannot own a train is incorrect. Individuals can own trains and parts of railway stations — sort of. This is the story of Sampuran Singh of Katana village in Jalandhar district. The Chandigarh-Ludhiana railway line took many years to construct, having been first proposed in 1997-98. It was finally built in three phases — Chandigarh-New Morinda, Sanehwal-Ludhiana and New Morinda-Sanehwal. Land acquisition occurred between 1999 and 2002 and delays were primarily because of land acquisition problems and consequent litigation. There were hundreds of cases in lower courts and appeals in Punjab and Haryana High
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