Goemkarponn Desk
CANACONA: Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways issues Notification calling for objections and suggestions over acquisition of land for 4-laning by improvement of Curves and setting up of a Toll-Plaza in Loliem-Polem village.
MoRTH wants to acquire land admeasuring 83,118 sq mtrs at Loliem (Canacona) for 4-Laning of NH-66 from Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) end (Km 602.900) to Polem (Km 610.900) at Goa-Karnataka Border and setting up of Toll-Plaza at the end of MPCBR at Maxem.
MoRTH intends to acquire land for 8 Kms of 8.3118 Hectare along the NH-66 between Km 602.900 to Km 610.00 distance at the border in the State of Goa under Annual Plan 2023-24.
With the land acquisition, improvement of Curves and a Toll Plaza will be set-up on the 4-lane road.
Objections and suggestions should reach MoRTH within 21 days of issue of the Notification, which is published In the Gazette of India , Extraordinary dated 12th August 2024.
Incidentally, the area earmarked for acquisition is a Private land coming under 93 different survey numbers, coming under different Zones including Orchard, No Development Slopes(NDS), Settlement, Paddy Fields/Khazans , Natural Cover with NDS and at least two survey numbers comes under different s, all in the village jurisdiction of Loliem.
Incidentally, the 8Kms stretch from Maxem- to- Polem on NH-66 will be the last section of NH66 to be taken up for 4-Laning in Canacona Taluka bordering Karnataka State. With the completion of 7.7 Kms MPCBR with 3 bridges (2 major bridges over River Talpona and Galgibaga), MoRTH has already acquired the land for 4-laning of NH-66 from Char-Rasta to Bendurdem (via Karmalghat), which according to Canacona MLA and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, work will commence within the next 6 months period.-
