Chandigarh, March 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned deputy commissioners (DCs) and senior superintendent of police (SSPs) of all districts of Punjab over failure to provide security and delay in acquisition of land for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) projects in the state, including key Delhi-Amritsar- Katra expressway.

While seeking their presence and personal affidavits on action taken for expediting land acquisition, the high court bench of justice Sureshwar Thakur and justice Kuldeep Tiwari has also summoned regional directors concerned of NHAI on April 4.

A controversy had erupted in August 2024, when NHAI filed an application in the high court, in which it had alleged that the state authorities faile...