Awarded Rs 2.23 cr compensation, woman says not enough for mental trauma she faced

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Ranjana Verma said the compensation was inadequate considering that she not only lost her house, but also went through mental agony in the year-long ordeal that followed. The court assessed the value of her house at Rs 1.65 crore and the belongings inside it at Rs 58.38 lakh. NHAI Regional Officer Col Ajay Singh Bargoti said the authority had forwarded the High Court order to its legal cell. “We received the order directing us, along with the private construction company, to compensate the woman owner. Asked whether NHAI would challenge the order, Bargoti said, “Prima facie, I don’t find the order challengeable.”