NLC's JLPP occupies 3,390 hectares of land

Ariyalur: The district administration has so far acquired a total of 3,390 hectares of land for the Jayamkondam Lignite Power Project (JLPP) being executed by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation.

As many as 11,489 land owners have given their property for the project, of whom 10,325 have been awarded a compensation to the tune of Rs 36.56 crore. Among them, 9,882 have filed petitions seeking higher compensation for the property, which will be sorted out by the two special sub-courts inaugurated on Saturday, the District Collector, Mr V.M. Xavier Chrisso Nayagam, said.

In a press release issued here on Sunday, Mr Nayagam said that the compensation to the tune of Rs 1.14 crore, awarded to 1,164 land owners, had been deposited with the Government accounts. Although their land extending to a cumulative 88.70 hectares had been acquired for the JLPP, the disbursement could not be immediately effected as they were residing either outside the district or abroad, the release added.