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New Delhi, Jan 11

In order to make land acquisition easier for undertaking “special projects” of the Railways, the Cabinet approved a proposal to amend the Railways Act. The Railways had moved this proposal so that it could acquire the land on the same lines as extended to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for promulgating an ordinance to amend the Railways Act, 1989, for carrying out the amendments for expeditious land acquisition for special railway projects and to replace the Ordinance by introducing a Bill in the ensuing session of Parliament, said an official release. The NHAI Act provides NHAI power to acquire land by appointing a “competent authority” — the district collector and/or NHAI staff — through notification of official gazette by the Union Government.

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