Land owners demand denotification of lands notified for highway widening in Padua village

Owners whose lands person been notified for acquisition to widen NH 169 betwixt Mangaluru and Sanuru (Karkala) successful Padua colony successful Mangaluru person demanded denotification of their lands arsenic compensation has not been paid to them adjacent aft 9 years of issuing preliminary notification. Preliminary notification was issued connected March 16, 2016.

Talking to reporters present connected Friday, Bhoo Maalikara Horata Samiti president Mariyamma Thomas said successful the arbitration, the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner awarded compensation to onshore losers arsenic per the guidance worth of ₹13.35 lakh per cent of onshore successful 2020.

Later, Ms. Thomas said the NHAI filed an entreaty earlier the territory tribunal against the Deputy Commissioner’s grant and it is pending for much than 2 years. For the past 9 years, the onshore losers are waiting for the compensation, she said.

If the NHAI has nary wealth to wage compensation to the onshore losers, past it should initiate steps to denotify the lands and let owners to marque usage of their lands. If they privation to acquire, the NHAI should wage compensation arsenic per the latest guidance value, on with interest, for hold successful outgo of compensation, she demanded.

The onshore losers from Paduva volition beryllium forced to motorboat an agitation successful January if steps are not taken by the extremity of December, she said.

Samiti’s Secretary Vishwajeet besides spoke.