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Land acquisition work to begin soon

Staff Reporter

For road connecting Vallarpadam island with Kalamassery

KOCHI: The acquisition and handing over of the land for the proposed Vallarpadam- Kalamassery Road will start immediately, according to Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish.

The Collector said that the survey for expanding the Special Economic Zone at Puthuvyppu and Vallarpadam started on Wednesday.

The Cochin Port Trust will hand over Rs.20 crores as the first instalment of the funds required for compensation for completing the acquisition proceedings.

The Trust will hand over Rs.5 crores for shifting the electric posts, pipelines and cables to the respective agencies. The handing over of the land for the road will begin from Kalamassery, where there is not much problems for the acquisition.

The action plan for handing over of the land will be announced next week, according to the Collector.

Steps have been taken to fix the price of the land after holding discussions with the Government. According to this, the landowners will get the best possible price.

Meeting convened

A meeting of the officials from the Department of Land Acquisition will be convened immediately to discuss the issues related to the acquisition.

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