Mohali Villages Face 55 Acre Acquisition For 200 Ft Road मोहाली के गांवों में 200 फुट सड़क के लिए 55 एकड़ अधिग्रहण की तैयारी ਮੋਹਾਲੀ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ 200 ਫੁੱਟ ਸੜਕ ਲਈ 55 ਏਕੜ ਐਕੁਆਇਰ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਤਿਆਰੀ

GMADA plans to acquire about 55.21 acres in four villages of Mohali tehsil to complete and widen a 200 ft road. The Punjab government has ordered the first formal step, a social impact study that must be finished within six months.

The notification is dated 2 November 2026 and was issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It names Saneta, Bathlana, Derri and Nagiyari, and describes the road as running from a National Highway junction to a GMADA master plan road. It is the newest entry on GMADA's notifications page, and earlier acquisition papers are on our GMADA notices page.

Saneta gives up the largest share

Saneta accounts for 24.50 acres, Bathlana for 15.25, Derri for 8.14 and Nagiyari for 7.32.

The alignment follows a district town planner's drawing of 5 December 2016 and the approved master plan, so the route itself is not new. The four-page notification carries no khasra numbers. Owners cannot yet tell from it which fields fall inside the strip.

One category is left out. Land for which a developer holds a change of land use (CLU) and has taken the "salability" benefit under instructions of 6 February 2015 will not be acquired.

Landowners' consent is not needed

The government has classed the road as a project for planned development under the 2013 land acquisition Act. On that basis the notification says the consent of the gram sabha or landowners "is not required for this project".

It adds that the Act's food-security safeguards do not apply, because a road is a linear project. The same safeguards were at issue when the High Court halted the Sector 101 acquisition.

The study must still be carried out in consultation with the panchayats and landowners. It has to count the affected families and those likely to be displaced, check that the land sought is the bare minimum, and look at any alternative site.

The land is not frozen yet

A social impact study does not stop a sale. Under the Act, the bar on selling or mortgaging land begins only when a preliminary notification is published, which is the step after the study. Our guide to the stages of a GMADA acquisition sets out the order.

If that notification does not follow within 12 months of the study being appraised, the study lapses and has to be done again, unless the government extends the period.

Counted from the notification date, the study is due by early May 2027. The report and its management plan must reach the panchayats in the local language and go on the department's website.

Questions about the study go to the Land Acquisition Collector, Urban Development, on the ground floor of PUDA Bhawan in Sector 62.

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Sources: The sources we use are listed on our Editorial Sources page.

This report is based on the notification as published on GMADA's website and read on 12 November 2026. It is not legal advice, and what happens to any holding depends on the survey numbers finally notified.