MP Shashi Tharoor backs NH action council for better compensation

  • | Wednesday | 27th February, 2019

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.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor MP has lent a hand in support of the local residents who are agitating for a better compensation for land they surrendered for the widening of Kazhakkoottam-Karode national highway stretch.In a letter sent to the Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari , Tharoor expressed his protest against the move of national highway authority of India (NHAI) to legally challenge the increased compensation ordered by the arbitrator.Members of Kazhakkoottam-Karode national highway action council conducted a dharna in front of regional office of NHAI here on Tuesday, marking the beginning of a fresh round of protests.In his letter, Tharoor pointed out that the determination of land value in Chenkal-Karode stretch was not fair in comparison to the land value fixed for Kottukal-Thirupuram stretch, and the nature of value determination was arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice.The letter further said that it had caused serious disparity, discrimination and undue hardships among the residents. 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. The land owners are eligible to get 100% hike on what was originally offered in the district-level purchase committee meeting in 2013. However, NHAI is denying the compensation,” said Sudhakaran.The action council will decide on future course of action after a meeting this weekend.

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