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But the defence ministry has reportedly turned down the proposal to provide the land identified in Kanchipuram district and instead sought the highways department to identify land in Chennai district. The decision to give land to defence ministry as compensation for acquiring O.66 acres of defence land near Mannarpuram to complete the pending Chennai arm of the Trichy junction RoB was a major breakthrough. However, sources in the highways department said that the defence ministry is now keen on receiving land in Chennai district as compensation. Several requests for land made to the defence ministry by the highways department and the district administration did not materialise so far. "We have sought the help of the district administration of Chennai to identify a suitable land in the district..