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Salem-Chennai Corridor Project: HC Stops Land Acquisition Process

A special bench consisting of Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Bhavani Subbarayan passed the order.

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The Madras High Court on Monday, 8 April, quashed land acquisition process for the Rs 10,000 crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor project, holding it required a mega realignment as the proposed route would have an adverse effect on environment.

A special bench consisting of Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Bhavani Subbarayan passed the order allowing a batch of petitions by 35 land owners and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss.

The bench observed the project would have an adverse effect on the environment, water bodies and it needed a mega realignment.

The court had on 14 December 2019, reserved orders on the batch of petitions, challenging land acquisition proceedings.

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The ambitious 277.3 km long eight-lane greenfield project connecting Salem and Chennai under the Centre's 'Bharatmala Pariyojana' scheme aims to cut travel time between the two cities by half to about two hours and 15 minutes.

However, it has has been facing opposition from a section of locals, including farmers, over fears of losing their land, besides environmentalists who are against felling of trees for it.

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