Provided of private negotiation before compulsory acquisition.

(1) The Authority may in the first instance, make reasonable efforts to purchase any land by private negotiation. (2) In case of failure to purchase the land by private negotiation within a specified time, the said land shall be compulsorily acquired. (3) Nothing in this section shall however, debar the State Government or a local authority from compulsorily acquiring any land without prior private negotiation.