Delhi – Mumbai Expressway project: 34 farmers in Bharuch to get Rs. 1.67 crore per acre land

Bharuch: Bharuch district collector Tushar Sumera, as an arbitrator, declared an arbitration award of Rs 1.67 crore per acre for the 34 farmers of Punagam in Ankleshwar, whose lands will be acquired for the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway project.

The lands of many farmers of Ankleshwar, Bharuch, and Amod talukas of Bharuch were acquired for the longest expressway in the country connecting Delhi and Mumbai in Bharat Mala project. The government had declared an award of Rs 140 per square meter for land acquisition five to seven years ago. The farmers had agitated with a demand of increasing the award for acquiring their lands. The then-district collector MD Modiya had declared an arbitration award of Rs 852 per square meter. However, the National Highway Authority had raised an issue against it arguing that the compensation was too high.

Later, the district BJP president Marutisinh Atodariya, MP Mansukh Vasava, MLA Ishwarsinh Patel, Dushyant Patel, Arunsinh Rana had made appeals to state BJP chief CR Patil and Union minister Nitin Gadkari. The district collector Tushar Sumera then declared an arbitration award of Rs 640 per square meter for the framers of Punagam. The new arbitration awards for the 1300 farmers from Ankleshwar, Bharuch, and Amod, whose lands were acquired for the project will be declared in the upcoming days. DeshGujarat