{"id":55925,"date":"2019-04-08T15:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T09:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55925"},"modified":"2019-04-08T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T09:55:56","slug":"madras-high-court-quashes-land-acquisition-process-for-salem-chennai-green-corridor-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-high-court-quashes-land-acquisition-process-for-salem-chennai-green-corridor-project","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court quashes land acquisition process for Salem-Chennai green corridor project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"55934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-high-court-quashes-land-acquisition-process-for-salem-chennai-green-corridor-project\/salem-chennai-green-corridor-project\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salem-Chennai green corridor project\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/Salem-Chennai-green-corridor-project.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The Madras High Court Monday quashed land acquisition process for the Rs 10,000 crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor project, holding it required a mega realignment as the proposed route would have an adverse effect on environment.<\/p>\n<p>A special bench of Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Bhavani Subbarayan passed the order allowing a batch of petitions by 35 land owners and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss.<\/p>\n<p>The bench observed the project would have an adverse effect on the environment, water bodies and it needed a mega realignment.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on December 14, 2018, reserved orders on the batch of petitions, challenging land acquisition proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The ambitious 277.3 km long eight-lane greenfield project connecting Salem and Chennai under the Centre&#8217;s &#8216;Bharatmala Pariyojana&#8217; scheme aims to cut travel time between the two cities by half to about two hours and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has has been facing opposition from a section of locals, including farmers, over fears of losing their land, besides environmentalists who are against felling of trees for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court Monday quashed land acquisition process for the Rs 10,000 crore Salem-Chennai eight-lane green corridor project, holding it required a mega realignment as the proposed route would have an adverse effect on environment. 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