Widening of the 67km stretch of NH12 between Krishnagar and Baro Jagulia in Nadia, which kicked off a few days ago, has run into a rough patch after a section of owners of 1,500 shops and other makeshift structures refused to move out demanding better compensation.
Sources in the district administration said about 90 per cent of the owners had already accepted compensation for their plots and structures and were supposed to shift lock-stock-and-barrel by the first week of November.
“The last minute trouble can cast a shadow on the project. If the district authorities fail to hand over required land to the implementing agency within the stipulated time frame, the project, which had started in 2009, would be delayed further,” said a senior government official.
