Chandigarh, May 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned deputy commissioners of three districts, after it was apprised by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) that three land parcels, acquired for various infrastructure projects including the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, were taken back by the respective owners in the last one week.

Two of the land parcels are in Malerkotla (175 metres) and Sangrur (70 metres), which were acquired for the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, while the third is in Fazilka (1.77 km), required for the four-laning project of Abohar-Fazilka national highway section. In Malerkotla and Sangrur, the possession was taken back on May 10 while in Fazilka, the owner took it back on May 7.

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