The upcoming new Land Acquisition Law will smooth and reward the land acquisition process for industrial and infrastructure development projects. This new law has also left with some hesitations in the infrastructure sector that various projects specifically in Bangalore City may get delayed in completion and the cost of the project many raise due to the increase in compensation costs.

According to the new law, The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act of 20103 that is directed by stringent standards, the land owners should be given higher compensation. The new Act says that in case of public-private partnership projects, the government agencies should obtain the agreement of 70 per cent of land owners and should pay the land owner double the compensation that is twice more than the market value. The law also guides to take steps in effect for relocation and rehabilitation.

But one of the veterans says that the new law will surely increase the project cost and there will be less differences and disagreements if the compensation cost is fair in the land acquisition process.

Agencies that have taken up infrastructure projects are preparing themselves to face the outcome of the new law. Among such are the BMRC, which has planned to obtain land of 100 hectares for Phase-2 of Namma Metro and BDA has projected to obtain 1, 900 acres for its peripheral ring road (PRR) project and 50, 000 acres for developing new layouts.

One of the BDA officials said that the new law will toughen the land acquisition prices ad could delay in the completion of the projects.

BMRC looks like as it is ready to face the challenges of the new law and has altered some of it plans to reduce the acquisition of land for Phase-2 of Namma Metro and has projected for 1, 000 properties across 100 hectares of land for the 72 km project.

One of the BMRC officials says that the acquisition of land will be constrained only for the construction of flyovers and stations. There is also a plan to build a 2-level elevated stations in place of 3-level stations as built in the Phase-1 and this idea to cut down the project cost as well as the reduce the land requirement.

The managing director of BMTC says with the upcoming new law they have decided to obtain less land than 100 hectares for Phase-2 and to make sure that the project is finished in the mentioned time.

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