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However, NHAI is denying the compensation,” said Sudhakaran.The action council will decide on future course of action after a meeting this weekend. The land owners are eligible to get 100% hike on what was originally offered in the district-level purchase committee meeting in 2013. The claimants had subsequently received a favourable arbitral award to enhance compensation by 50%. However, the Union government’s decision to approach the court challenging this order will further prolong the residents’ struggle for justice, he said.Hundreds of land owners from Kottukal, Kanjiramkulam, Thirupuram, Chenkal and Karode villages attended the dharna at NHAI regional office. Action council chairman V Sudhakaran said that they waited for several hours for the NHAI project director to arrive, but, in vain.“As per the new guidelines issued by the centre, the land owners are eligible for compensation under the first schedule of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013..