Page 5 - Land Acquisition

17% of 756 projects delayed by more than 5 yrs due to delay in clearances

As many as 132 out of the 756 delayed projects or 17.4 per cent projects are running behind schedule by five years and more

Indian Railways seeks quicker land acquisition for stalled projects

Zonal Railways asked to designate more works as special projects for quicker clearance

Greater Noida authority cancels land allotment of Parsvnath developer

The authority has taken this action for non-deposit of the outstanding amount of nearly Rs 281 crore on both the land plots and non-completion of both the projects

Jewar airport project six months ahead of schedule, says NIAL CEO

Even as the first phase is underway, the authorities have already started the initial groundwork of land acquisition for the second phase.

Assam Cabinet takes key decisions including roadmap for disaster management

As part of its initiative to hold cabinet meetings in different districts, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Sunday chaired a Cabinet meeting in which a slew of decisions were made including filling up posts of Bodo teachers, streamlining land acquisition and the roadmap on disaster risk reduction."In today's #AssamCabinet, we took a host of decisions with regard to clearing backlog of cases in courts, the establishment of new universities, a roadmap on disaster risk reduction, upgrading polytechnics & ITIs, streamlining land acquisition, filling up posts of Bodo teachers, etc", the chief minister tweeted.One of the most crucial decisions that were taken in the meeting includes the clearance of backlog cases."Petty criminal cases pending in the subordinate courts throughout Assam to be withdrawn within 6 months by invoking Section 321 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), 1973", read the document.Another decision was the approval of Assam State Policy for the Transfer of ...

Farmers protesting against land acquisition blocks highway in Gurugram

A group of farmers protesting against the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway here for two hours on Saturday

Urban woes and construction catastrophe

The logic of developing a city should be to foster ease of living for its people and not profits for its developers

Land acquisition Bill & farm laws: Divergent ends of Centre's two reforms

States may adopt different tactics on farm laws as they did for land acquisition Bill

SC sets aside HC verdict annulling land acquisition for irrigation project

The apex court on Wednesday set aside the judgement of the Bombay High Court

Land for PPP projects at state level not an issue: Knight Frank executive

Competing supply could cannibalise demand for non-prime land, says Saurabh Mehrotra. His company closed transactions worth 1,03,720 sq metre in private partnership projects during the pandemic.

Bullet train project: Only 5% Gujarat land remains to be acquired

Only 5 per cent of land remains to be acquired for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor, popularly known as the bullet train project

Acquisitions, launch pipeline offer Godrej Properties revenue visibility

Muted near term cash flows, increase in debt and valuations to cap upside

States to approve land acquisition process for private coal miners

States had protested that the Centre was breaching their rights to approve land acquisition for private coal miners

UP govt speeds up land acquisition for 91-km Gorakhpur Link Expressway

The mega project spanning four districts is estimated to cost over Rs 5,800 crore, benefiting a total population of 50 million

80% land acquisition for bullet train complete in Gujarat, says official

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR), also known as Bullet Train Project, has been sanctioned with a target to be completed by 2023

Bullet train project risks delay due to land acquisition, Covid: Railways

63 per cent of the land need for project has been acquired yet, says official

Govt's portal with data on land banks launched, but experts wary

The Centre's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) portal has data of 3,275 industrial clusters covering 419,047 hectares

Centre asks UP govt to expedite land acquisition for Defence Corridor

Titan Aviation and Aerospace to invest Rs 36,000 crore in the mega project

Bullet train project acquires 60% land, but may fail to meet 2023 deadline

Apart from land acquisition, another major cause for concern before the project is cost escalation owing to a fall in the rupee against the Japanese yen.

UP govt issues notification to acquire 48 hectare land for Jewar airport

Land acquisition slowed down in 2018 after farmers protested, saying their compensation was inadequate