GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation ( HSIIDC ) has deposited Rs 30 crore to the district revenue department, for disbursement among land owners as compensation for 40-acre land acquired in Panchgaon , the site where the Kherki Daula toll plaza on NH-8 is likely to be shifted.HSIIDC will hand over the land to NHAI once the district revenue officer (DRO) finishes disbursing the compensation. Environmentalists, though, continued to question the government’s motive, and asked why it wasn’t withdrawing from the Sehrawan toll case, which is currently in the NGT. “HSIIDC has deposited Rs 30 crore with the district revenue department as compensation for those whose land we’ve acquired,” said HSIIDC official Rampal Singh Unhappy about the development, industrialists said it appears to them that the government is serious about relocating the toll plaza, and has started the ground work for it. Manmohan Gaind, vice-president, Manesar Industries Welfare Association (MIWA), said, “It looks like the government is going ahead with plans to shift the toll plaza from Kherki Daula. HSIIDC has handed over the compensation amount to DRO.”Gaind questioned the motive behind shifting the toll plaza. “The toll plaza at Kherki Daula was scheduled to be removed in another four years. But the new toll plaza at Panchgaon will now remain in place for another 15 years. It’s us people who will be the losers. Relocation is not the solution, complete removal will be the real relief,” he added.Industrialists said the new toll plaza will have 36 lanes. “The toll plaza at Kherki Daula has 25 lanes. The Panchgaon one will have 11 more,” said Gaind.Environmentalists feel there is a catch in the relocation business. Environmentalist and former Manesar sarpanch , Ram Avtar Yadav, said, “If the government is so serious avout relocating the Kherki Daula toll plaza, they should file a case at the NGT on Friday.”NGT has set September 14 as the next date of hearing for the case involving relocation of the toll plaza to Manesar-Seharawan area. “I’ll not be satisfied till NHAI and government of Haryana pulls out of the case. If they are going to get 40 acre in Panchgaon, why are they still fighting the case to build a toll plaza in Sehrawan?” asked Yadav.

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