SC to hear Centre’s plea against HC order that quashed land acquisition
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the central government’ appeal against the Madras High Court’s April order that quashed the land acquisition proceedings initiated by it and the state government for the `10,000-crore Chennai-Salem eight-lane greenfield expressway project.
The proposed green corridor project is part of the Centre’s ambitious ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana – I’, which involves laying of around 35,000 km of national highways before 2022. A stretch of 277 km of the ambitious Chennai-Salem expressway, which passes through agricultural as well as reserve forest land, aims to cut travel time between the two cities.
A bench headed by Justice MR Shah posted the matter for hearing on Monday after the government sought urgent hearing in the case.
