Northern Railway has written to the Punjab Government requesting the nomination of a Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA) and an arbitrator for the “Rajpura-Mohali New Line (18.11 km)” project.

According to a Gazette Notification (Amendment) Act-2008, the Central Government has notified the project as a “Special Railway Project”, for the acquisition of approximately 53.84 hectares of land in the districts of Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (SAS Nagar) for national infrastructure purposes.

The notification was published in the official gazette on October 24.

In the letter to the Punjab Government, a copy of which is with The Tribune, Northern Railway stated: “The successful and timely completion of this crucial railway infrastructure project is vital f

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