Section 20C of the Railways Act, 1989 – Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc

Home › The Railways Act, 1989 › Chapter IV – Construction and maintenance of works

Section 20C: Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc

Evaluation of damages during survey, measurement, etc.

The damages caused while carrying out works on land such as survey, digging or boring sub-soil, marking boundaries or cutting trenches or clearing away any standing crop, fence or forest or doing such other acts or things which may cause damages while acting under section 20B particularly relating to land which is excluded from acquisition proceeding, shall be evaluated and compensation shall be paid to the persons having interest in that land, within six months from the completion of the said works.

Source: official text of The Railways Act, 1989 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Railways Act, 1989.

Related posts:

  1. The Railways Act, 1989 – All Sections
  2. Rule 130 of The General Financial Rules 2017 Works Definitions
  3. Rule 133 of The General Financial Rules 2017 Execution of Works
  4. Rule 134 of The General Financial Rules 2017 Public Works Departments Administrative Control