Kptcl is installing 220 kw lines without acquiring the land

The Union power ministry has, to expedite construction of transmission lines, issued guidelines for payment of compensation for damages on the right of way.

The ministry has proposed compensation at 85 per cent of land value as determined by the district magistrate or relevant authority, based on circle or other applicable rates, for the tower base area impacted due to installation of a pylon structure.

Further, compensation to a maximum of 15 per cent of land value will be paid towards its dimunition in the widdth of an ROW corridor due to laying of a transmission line and imposing certain restrictions. The compensation would be decided by states on the categorisation of land.

Hi Sir, Thanks for the information.

They have agreed to pay Tower installation Area and Corridor compensation, the issue what we have is with the 55 Coconut trees of 7 years. They are claiming that Horticulture department has suggested Rs.1028/- per coconut tree, they will give only that much.

After multiple discussions they are ready to pay around Rs.10,000/- per coconut tree. We are not agreeing for it as these 55 coconut trees are coming under the Transmission lines, after sometime we need to cut them as they would enter Buffer zone.

We are expecting 100(Number of Coconuts per/Tree)*40(Years of Yield)*20 (Value of one coconut)= 80,000/- per coconut tree. They are saying that they can't give this compensation, but they would get DC order and will install the Tower with Police protection. So, wanted to know if I can still fight in the court without accepting the compensation or just I need to accept only Rs.10,000/- per coconut tree and allow them to install the tower.

Hi Ram,

Thanks for sharing your experience, even we are facing similar issue. due to some highway expansion (NH-206) they are shifting 220 kw poles and they are planning to erect a new one using 16x16 feet of our land and they are ready to pay 1,30,000 Rs. but few farmers of our neighbor village got 2,50,000 compensation for same dimension of land in 2019 and 10,000 for each coconut tree. so we are demanding the same compensation. is there a official website where we can get all these details about the factors considered while calculating compensations.

Thanks,

Preetham

Hassan, Karnataka.