"As per available information, no state government has reported regarding stoppage of government projects due to non-availability of suitable land," Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
Yadav further said the governments have been mandated to maintain the land bank in states.
The Minister added that it is required to maintain land bank as the Land Acquisition Act 2013 provides that if acquired land remains un-utilised for a period of five years from the date of possession, it should be returned back to the original owner or to land bank of the appropriate government.