Land acquisition for high-speed rail corridors without requisition illegal: Union Minister Kishan Reddy

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Union Minister for Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy said the Railway Minister had clarified that no requisition for land acquisition had been sent to the respective State governments for the three corridors. File | Photo Credit: PTI

Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy has said that any land acquisition being undertaken in the name of the proposed Hyderabad-Chennai, Hyderabad-Bengaluru and Hyderabad-Pune high-speed rail corridors without an official requisition from the Railways is illegal.

In a post on social media after meeting Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi, Mr. Kishan Reddy said the Railway Minister had clarified that no requisition for land acquisition had been sent to the respective State governments for the three corridors.

Mr. Vaishnaw also informed him that alignment studies for all three proposed high-speed rail corridors were under way. The details would be shared with the respective State governments and farmers once the alignments were finalised, Mr. Kishan Reddy said.

The BJP leader’s statement comes amid concerns over land acquisition in the name of the proposed high-speed rail projects. He maintained that land acquisition could not be undertaken at this stage without an official requisition from the Railways.

The three proposed corridors are intended to improve high-speed connectivity between Hyderabad and Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune. However, their alignments are yet to be finalised, according to Mr. Kishan Reddy’s statement.

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