Residents sore over delay in land acquisition for service lanes

Valuation underway and process will be completed by January, says Collector

Residents are sore over an “inordinate delay” in acquisition of land for building service lanes along the 14.5-km-long city stretch of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur National Highway.

In October 2019, the residents had heaved a sigh of relief after Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take expeditious steps to build service lanes along the 14.5-km city stretch of the highway between Thuvakudi and Palpannai in Tiruchi. It also ordered the NHAI to proceed with the land acquisition process.