Mangalore: Protesters Block Highway Alleging Irregularities in Land Acquisition
Pics: Spoorthy Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, Apr 15: A number of people blocked National Highway 17 in Thokkottu as part of a protest organized by Rastriya Heddari Santrastara Horata Samithi on Thursday April 15.
They were protesting the alleged misappropriation in the land acquisition for the proposed National Highway 17 widening project from Nathoor-Talapady.
Addressing the protesters, Dinakar Ullal said that from Nathoor to Talpady 60 mts of land has been acquired for the widening, but in Kerala and Goa there is only 45 mts land.
“In Surathkal-Nathoor only 40 mts of land has been acquired. So there is misappropriation in the acquisition and there may be a plan by the contractors to accumulate additional land for their use”, he added.
“The state government should restrict the additional acquisition for the project and there should not be different kind of measures while widening the Nathoor-Talapady area”, he said.