(1)

Where the Central Government is satisfied that for a public purpose any land is required for the building, maintenance, management or operation of a national highway or part thereof, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare its intention to acquire such land.

(2)

Every notification under sub-section (1) shall give a brief description of the land.

(3)

The competent authority shall cause the substance of the notification to be published in two local newspapers, one of which will be in a vernacular language.