Mohali, July 22 -- A day after announcing compensation awards worth Rs.23,457 crore for the acquisition of 3,522.98 acres under the Aerotropolis expansion project, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) is set to begin the land pooling process through a fully online and faceless system aimed at ensuring transparency and eliminating any scope for bias.

Land acquisition collector, GMADA, Rohit Jindal, said the digital portal is expected to go live within a week, allowing eligible landowners from eight villages to exercise their option between cash compensation and land pooling without visiting GMADA offices. To ensure impartial processing, applications will be anonymised, with officials evaluating only unique application IDs...