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As was clearly spelt out in the technical session, “political will and determination to adopt a role of facilitators than providers is necessary. The housing construction agencies in the state need to adopt this role,” the thrust of the technical sessions was to ease the process of land acquisition and sort out legal tangles. One recommendation was that “Since the procedure for the land acquisition even after the 1984 amendments is still time consuming and the formula for fixing compensation for land acquisition is not suitable for housing activities, it is necessary to bring out a separate legislation for acquisition for land in urban areas and compensation formula should be made in such a way to provide affordable housing. Until a separate land acquisition policy is formulated for urban areas, the existing Act should be suitably amended to provide for acquisition of land for shelter activities in a time-bound manner The passage is