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Farmers of Achuthanvayal and adjacent areas are demanding due compensation for farmlands reportedly being taken for the operation of a four-lane roadworthy by the National Highways from Madurai to Rameswaram.
A. Bose, coordinator of the Ramanathapuram Periya Kanmai Seventh Madai Neer Pasana Sangam, said that though a antithetic acceptable of cultivation lands were acquired by the authorities for the operation of a National Highway (NH) astir 10 years ago, the task was ne'er completed.
“To further grow the roadworthy starting from Pamban, we received a notification from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) astir 5 years agone stating that they were to get the onshore for the enlargement of the highways,” helium recalled.
However, helium noted that owed to absorption from farmers and delays successful allocating funds for the project, the onshore acquisition process did not proceed astatine that time.
“In this situation, successful November 2025, respective of our villagers received notifications citing assorted Acts stating that our lands are to beryllium acquired for the hold of the NH starring to Rameswaram,” Mr. Bose noted.
S. Karikalan, different husbandman who received a akin notification, said the enlargement of NH 49—intended to facilitate lakhs of tourists visiting Rameswaram each month—has irked farmers owed to the debased fixation of compensation for the land.
“The lands presently slated for acquisition are mostly fed by the Ramanathapuram Periya Kanmai. These lands are each fertile and revenue-yielding,” helium added.
He claimed that arsenic astir farmers basal to suffer adjacent to 1 acre of onshore if the task takes off, onshore valued astatine lakhs per cent would fundamentally beryllium taken for free.
Citing a Supreme Court judgement regarding a onshore acquisition lawsuit successful Karnataka, Mr. Bose said the apex tribunal had ruled that authorities departments acquiring onshore for developmental projects indispensable mandatorily pass owners of the onshore worth and the nonstop magnitude they are to receive.
“But the notification we received provides nary accusation regarding these court-mandated details. Due to this, we are successful a concern wherever each husbandman stands to suffer lakhs of rupees if we are not decently compensated,” helium noted.
A National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) authoritative said, they person issued announcement and advertisements connected quality papers regarding receiving compensation for their lands.
“For those who person not been informed astir the process tin sojourn the tahsildar offices astatine Pamban and Ramanathapuram,” the authoritative added.
While adjacent to 40% of the disbursement works person been completed further process was nether way, the authoritative stated.
