NHAI stops giving deadlines for Delhi-Meerut expressway

  • | Thursday | 20th April, 2017

MEERUT: An additional two months have been granted by the state government to local administrations of Meerut and Ghaziabad to complete land acquisition for the Delhi-Meerut expressway. Sources within the NHAI told TOI that it will take 2.5 years after the construction contract is awarded to complete the project. The construction contract can only be awarded once land acquisition is complete. Similarly, additional land which was to be acquired in Meerut has also not been acquired.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) which had earlier set itself a deadline of March 2018 for completion has now stopped giving deadlines. The 74 km long expressway, built at an estimated cost of Rs 7,566 crore, now stares at a much delayed date of completion.Of the 19 villages from which land was to be acquired in Ghaziabad, residents of 12 have contested the amounts of compensation and the matter is under arbitration.

MEERUT: An additional two months have been granted by the state government to local administrations of Meerut and Ghaziabad to complete land acquisition for the Delhi-Meerut expressway. The 74 km long expressway, built at an estimated cost of Rs 7,566 crore, now stares at a much delayed date of completion.Of the 19 villages from which land was to be acquired in Ghaziabad, residents of 12 have contested the amounts of compensation and the matter is under arbitration. Similarly, additional land which was to be acquired in Meerut has also not been acquired.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) which had earlier set itself a deadline of March 2018 for completion has now stopped giving deadlines. Sources within the NHAI told TOI that it will take 2.5 years after the construction contract is awarded to complete the project. The construction contract can only be awarded once land acquisition is complete.

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