Land scam: Records of more villages in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram, Ranipet under scrutiny

CHENNAI: After a multi-crore land scam surfaced in Beemanthangal near Sriperumbudur in which government lands were grabbed, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and district administrations of Kancheepuram and Ranipet have been scrutinising land records of the villages through which the Chennai-Bengaluru NH passes.

NHAI acquired land for widening the Chennai-Bengaluru bypass into six lanes between Sriperumbudur and Walajah and paid Rs 123 crore to 87 landowners. However, last year the office of Commissioner of Land Administration found that pattas for land acquired in Beemanthangal for the project belonged to the government and land was transferred to individuals illegally.