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The Coimbatore Corporation is yet to statesman onshore acquisition for the projected road-widening task connected Sathyamangalam Road, astir 5 years aft the task was initiated.
The task involves widening Sathyamangalam Road implicit a full magnitude of 3.4 km from Textool Bridge. Of this, onshore acquisition is required on a agelong of astir 1 km betwixt Textool Bridge and Old Sathy Road, wherever backstage onshore has to beryllium acquired arsenic determination is nary disposable abstraction for expansion.
A full of ₹54 crore has been earmarked done the Local Planning Authority (LPA) money for acquiring backstage onshore and compensating landowners for the project.
Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said that the hold is due to the fact that the ₹54 crore allocated for onshore acquisition is yet to beryllium released. He said that the District Revenue Officer (DRO) would beryllium appointed arsenic the onshore acquisition serviceman erstwhile the funds are received, aft which the acquisition process would beryllium taken up.
Consumer activistic K. Kathirmathiyon said that deficiency of coordination betwixt departments has delayed the project. He pointed retired that the National Highways Department is carrying retired roadworthy enlargement works on the 3.4-km agelong from Textool Bridge astatine a outgo of ₹40 crore, portion onshore acquisition required for the 1-km agelong up to Old Sathy Road has not been initiated.
He said that the Central authorities did not supply funds for onshore acquisition for the project. As a result, the State authorities decided to instrumentality up the onshore acquisition process and brought successful the Coimbatore Corporation arsenic the requisitioning body.
The Corporation passed a solution connected October 12, 2020. Based connected the resolution, an allocation of ₹38.64 crore was sanctioned done Government Order No. 32 for onshore acquisition for the project. An further ₹15.35 crore was aboriginal sanctioned, taking the full allocation to ₹54 crore.
To region ambiguity implicit the assignment of the onshore acquisition officer, a authorities bid dated December 20, 2025, stated that the District Revenue Officer of Coimbatore territory shall relation arsenic the onshore acquisition officer. Despite this clarification, onshore acquisition has not commenced truthful far, adjacent arsenic roadworthy enlargement enactment is progressing connected different parts of the stretch.
