Many villages in Dasuya and Mukerian sub-divisions along the Bhogpur-Mukerian stretch had rejected the original government compensation plan. Initially scheduled to be completed by May 2008, construction on the highway is yet to begin on the Bhogpur side.

Instructed to act as an arbiter on the three-year-old issue by the Supreme Court, the Commissioner said the new deal will issue Rs 2.5 lakh per marla compensation to commercial landowners, Rs 2 lakh per marla for residential properties, Rs 1.60 lakh per marla for vacant plots, and Rs 1 lakh per marla for agricultural land. Owners of residential land saw Rs 50,000 per marla gain from the original compensation proposal, while farmers’ compensation fell from the initially proposed Rs 1.5-lakh offer.