Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) team is surprised by the words of Krishna Collector Babu A. JICA team, led by Yasunori Takahashi before meeting CM yesterday, has met Collector and other officials to discuss about metro rail project land acquisition. They have asked to speed up the acquisition. In the interaction Collector Babu A, replied that the land acquisition for Metro Rail project will be completed in one month time. Responding to it, JICA team leader Mr. Yasunori Takahashi is surprised and asked, “How is it possible.”
The Collector explained to Mr.Takahashi that the government has framed a policy for the land acquisition and issued a GO with number 262, which facilitates smooth process for land acquisition. The government paid compensation taking the market value into consideration to the owners who lost their land in acquisition. So, the land owners are willing to give their lands, and it could be completed in a month
