1) The National Highways Act, 1956, under which land is acquired for NHAI, does not have the option of paying solatium or additional payment.
2) Section 24 of the land acquisition law makes land owners eligible for higher compensation when proceedings have been initiated under the earlier provisions but the compensation has not been paid
3) under the new land acqusition act the final amount to be awarded to you for your land would taken into account market value of land , multiplied by factor of 1 to 2 depending upon distance from urban area, plus value of assets attached to land and solatium
determined under the first schedule
4) Section 30 of the Act of 2013 makes a provision for awarding solatium @ 100% of the total compensation which is required to be paid