The Maharashtra Cabinet today gave its approval to acquire land for the proposed Mumbai-Nagpur Super Expressway under pooling model, wherein farmers will get around 30 per cent of the developed land elsewhere, which could be used for setting up industrial or other units.
"The land, on which the proposed Mumbai-Nagpur Super Expressway is to be built, will be acquired from farmers under the land pooling model. Under this, the farmers will get 25-30 per cent of developed land with amenities as per the farmers' needs and which could be used to set up industries or other units," state Public Works Department minister Eknath Shinde told reporters here today.
Apart from that, farmers will also get Rs 50,000 per hectare for non-irrigated land and Rs 1 lakh every year for irrigated land for a period of 10 years, he said.
The 710-km super expressway will pass through Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Washim, Buldhana, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Thane districts and is expected to halve the commute time between Mumbai and Nagpur to around 6 hours.
The super expressway is planned to have six lanes along with an additional two service roads and its total estimated cost is around Rs 30,000 crore.
Meanwhile, Shinde said the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has sent a notice to the contractor Mhaiskar Infrastructure for "unsatisfactory" maintenance of Yashwantrao Chavan (Mumbai-Pune) Expressway and has asked it to take necessary action within 60 days.
"The MSRDC and government will take action against the contractor if they fail to make good all compliance and shortfalls within 60 days," he said.
