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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi detailing the presumption of onshore acquisition for Railway projects successful Tamil Nadu and sought his involution for their speedy execution. He called for timely merchandise of funds for onshore acquisition and the revival of projects placed successful abeyance.
Mr. Stalin said helium was constrained to constitute the missive successful the airy of immoderate “factually incorrect information” being dispersed successful the media successful this regard. In Tamil Nadu, administrative sanctions person been accorded for onshore acquisition to an grade of 2500.61.06 hectares of onshore for implementation of assorted Railway Projects. Of this, Railways person not sanctioned funds for an grade of 931.52.96 hectares of land.
Administrative authorisation for onshore acquisition successful respect of 2 projects for which revised Land Plan Schedule (LPS) was received precocious from Railways for an grade of 296.02.95 hectares of backstage lands are nether process and volition beryllium issued shortly. Of the equilibrium grade of 1273.05.15 hectares of onshore pertaining to 19 large ongoing Railway projects, onshore acquisition person been completed for an grade of 1198.02.34 hectares of lands (94%) and the aforesaid person been handed implicit to the Railways. However, successful respect of 5 projects, the LPS is yet to beryllium furnished by the Railways, the Chief Minister said.
Land acquisition person been afloat completed successful respect of large Railway Projects specified arsenic Tindivanam-Nagari Broad Gauge Line (BGL), Madurai-Thoothukudi BGL, Maniyachi-Nagercoil BGL, Kanniyakumari-Nagercoil doubling of BGL, Nagercoil-Eraniel doubling of BGL, Thoothukudi-Madurai (via Aruppukkottai) caller BGL (Phase-I), Chinnasalem-Kallakurichi caller BGL, Mayiladuthurai-Tiruvarur BGL, 4 junction constituent successful Pattukkottai, caller BGL (Salem-Karur way formation), Mannargudi-Needamangalam BGL, Chennai Beach-Korukkupet 3/4th line, and Villupuram-Dindigul BGL. For remaining projects, the onshore acquisition is being carried retired expeditiously, the Chief Minister said.
“I privation to item that timely outgo of compensation to landowners is an indispensable prerequisite for completing the onshore acquisition process. Regrettably, delays successful the merchandise of funds by the Ministry of Railways, often successful piecemeal mode for idiosyncratic projects person severely hampered progress. This has led to disruptions, prolonged uncertainty for affected landowners and delays successful task execution,” Mr. Stalin said.
A pertinent illustration is the pending acquisition of 16.86.51 hectares for the doubling of Broad-Gauge Railway Line betwixt Thiruvananthapuram–Kanniyakumari project. The Railways is yet to allocate the required funds amounting to ₹ 289.78 crore for settling compensation. This is simply a large task successful Tamil Nadu, besides nether monitoring done the PMG portal of the Government of India. A lumpsum and timely allocation of funds for onshore acquisition, alternatively than piecemeal releases, would alteration uninterrupted and expeditious completion of these captious Projects, helium said.
According to him, the State authorities has accorded highest precedence to railway projects and established a robust monitoring mechanism. The Chief Secretary and the Transport Secretary regularly convene monthly coordination meetings with Railway officials to resoluteness implementation bottlenecks and expedite onshore acquisition for pending projects, helium said.
“At this juncture, I would besides similar to explicit interest implicit the comparatively constricted allocation of caller railway projects to Tamil Nadu successful caller years. As the second-largest system successful the state and a large hub for manufacturing and concern growth, Tamil Nadu continues to marque important contributions to nationalist GDP and exports. The State possesses immense imaginable to further bolster the nation’s economical advancement done enhanced obstruction connectivity and infrastructure,” helium said.
He urged the Prime Minister to intervene and nonstop the Ministry of Railways to merchandise the required funds for sanctioned projects without delay, preferably successful afloat and connected a precedence basis, to facilitate creaseless onshore acquisition and compensation processes. He called for reconsidering and restarting important projects kept successful abeyance by the Railways specified arsenic Thoothukudi - Madurai (Via Aruppukottai) caller BGL and Tindivanam - Tiruvannamalai BGL (for which administrative sanctions has already been issued for acquisition of 931.52.96 hectares) and supply indispensable backing support.
The State authorities was afloat committed to extending practice for the speedy execution of railway projects, helium assured.
