No forceful land acquisition for railway projects: Railway Ministry
merisarkar news service.
New Delhi, September 16, 2009
The Ministry of Railways has said in a statement that there shall not be any forceful acquisition of land for the railway projects.
The ministry has also decided to thoroughly review Railway’s Land Acquisition policy to ensure that forceful acquisition of land, including agriculture land, is completely avoided.
The ministry said, "The focus of this review will be to facilitate transaction/purchase/acquisition of land directly from the land owner with complete transparency."
The ministry also said that it will critically examine all the pending land acquisition cases within a period of one month.
