Union Street Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Within the letter, he has cited incidents of alleged assaults on engineers and contractors in Jalandhar, Ludhiana.

He wrote within the letter, “I request the state authorities to take speedy corrective measures, register FIRs and take strict motion in opposition to the culprits, in order that such incidents might be prevented in future and the boldness of NHAI officers and staff on the concessionaires might be restored.”

The letter additional learn, “It’s value noting that because of pending points associated to land acquisition and the prevailing legislation and order scenario, the concessionaires have requested to shut the contracts and have made claims in opposition to NHAI.”

He wrote that “If the scenario doesn’t enhance, NHAI can have no possibility however to cancel/terminate 8 different severely affected initiatives with a complete size of 293 km costing Rs 14,288 crore.”

In a evaluation assembly held on July 15, Gadkari had acquired assurances from stakeholders that points associated to land acquisition and legislation enforcement can be given precedence. Nonetheless, he expressed his disappointment, saying that “there was no progress, and the scenario has worsened.”

He revealed that because of unresolved land acquisition instances and deteriorating legislation and order, many concessionaires have sought termination of their contracts and have made claims in opposition to the NHAI.