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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the 'Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-453' under Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

This notification, S.O. 4791(E), issued by the Ministry of Railways on August 27, 2026, declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89). The acquisition is for a public purpose, specifically for the "Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-453 at Km 801/3-5 between Garividi – Nellimarla on Main Line of Visakhapatnam Division (Erstwhile Waltair Division)" in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. Interested persons have thirty days from the notification's publication date to raise objections to the acquisition of such land. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority Land Acquisition (CALA), which is the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), Cheepurupalli, and an opportunity for a hearing will be provided as per Section 20D(1) of the said Act. Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of Section 20D shall be final. The annexed schedule details 24 land parcels, predominantly private land in Garida Village of Gurla Mandal, Vizianagaram district, totaling 1.233 acres, with some parcels noting existing structures.

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L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-AP-E-29082026-275853 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4604] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026/BHADRA 5, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [South Coast Railway (Road Safety Projects)] NOTIFICATION Vishakhapatnam, the 27th August, 2026 Notice under Section 20A of the Railways Act-1989 S.O. 4791(E). — In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89) (herein after referred as the said Act.), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the Land, brief description of which is given in the schedule annexed here to is required for the execution of Special Railway Project, namely, “Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-453 at Km 801/3-5 between Garividi – Nellimarla on Main Line of Visakhapatnam Division (Erstwhile Waltair Division)” in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may within a period of (30) thirty days from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section(1) of section 20D of the said Act. Every objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely Competent Authority Land Acquisition (CALA) i.e. The Revenue Divisional officer (RDO), Cheepurupalli for Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-453 at Km 801/3-5between Garividi – Nellimarla on Main Line of Visakhapatnam Division (Erstwhile Waltair Division) in writing, and shall set out grounds thereof and competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being head, either in person or through a legal practitioner and may after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry if any as the competent authority thinks necessary by order either allow or disallow the objections. Any order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of 20D of the said Act shall be final. The land plans and other details of the land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the competent authority. SCHEDULE Brief description of land (Annexure-I) attached here with to be acquired with or without structures, for Special Railway Project namely “Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-453 at Km 801/3-5between Garividi – Nellimarla on Main Line of Visakhapatnam Division (Erstwhile Waltair Division)” in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Name of the District & State: Vizianagaram & Andhra Pradesh (Annexure-I) District: Vizianagaram Village: Garida Village of Gurla Mandal. +-----+-----------+----------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | S. | Name of | Khata No | LPM | Old | Total | Acquried | Kissan | Recorded Tenant | If any Trees | | No. | the | | No | LPM | Area | Area | of Land | in English | & Structures | | | Village | | | No | (in | (in Acres) | | | | | | | | | | Acre) | | | | | +=====+===========+==========+=========+=========+==========+================+================+======================================+===================+ | 1 | Garida | 345 | 2578 | 2171 | 0.039 | 0.039 | Private | Reddi Venkata | | | | | | | | | | Land | Rao/ | | | | | | | | | | | Appalan Naidu | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 2 | Garida | 648 | 1692 | 626 | 0.181 | 0.181 | Private | Gorusupati | | | | | | | | | | Land | Shankara Rao / | | | | | | | | | | | Adinarayana | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 3 | Garida | 962 | 2729 | 628 | 0.002 | 0.002 | Private | Konchada Radha | | | | | | | | | | Land | / Prasad | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 4 | Garida | 964 | 1693 | 626 | 0.082 | 0.082 | Private | Gorusupati | | | | | | | | | | Land | Satyanarayana / | | | | | | | | | | | Late | | | | | | | | | | | Adinarayana | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 5 | Garida | 649 | 1646 | 648 | 0.089 | 0.089 | Private | Gorusupati | 1 Palm Tree | | | | | | | | | Land | Damayanti / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Lakshmana Rao | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 6 | Garida | 58 | 2623 | 1703 | 0.01 | 0.01 | Private | Reddi | | | | | | | | | | Land | Sooramma / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Narayana | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 7 | Garida | 78111 | 1705 | 641 | 0.042 | 0.042 | Private | Reddi Ramu | | | | | | | | | | Land | Naidu / --- | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 8 | Garida | 340 | 649 | 649 | 0.03 | 0.03 | Private | Pinninti Ramulu | | | | | | | | | | Land | / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Appalaswamy | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 9 | Garida | 341 | 650 | 650 | 0.03 | 0.03 | Private | Pinninti Appala | | | | | | | | | | Land | Ramulu / | | | | | | | | | | | (Late | | | | | | | | | | | Surappadu) | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 10 | Garida | 649 | 2588 | 1799 | 0.022 | 0.022 | Private | Gorusupati | | | | | | | | | | Land | Damayanti / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Lakshmana Rao | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 11 | Garida | 85 | 2618 | 1800 | 0.027 | 0.027 | Private | Pilla Bangari / | | | | | | | | | | Land | Mahalakshmi | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 12 | Garida | 649 | 2602 | 1801 | 0.014 | 0.014 | Private | Gorusupati | | | | | | | | | | Land | Damayanti / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Lakshmana Rao | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 13 | Garida | 7 | 2001 | 695 | 0.107 | 0.107 | Private | Lankapalli Appa | Bore Well | | | | | | | | | Land | Rao / Tata | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 14 | Garida | 225 | 2568 | 2320 | 0.049 | 0.049 | Private | Dasari | | | | | | | | | | Land | Shantamma / | | | | | | | | | | | Narayana | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 15 | Garida | 600 | 2561 | 1970 | 0.055 | 0.055 | Private | Gulivindala | | | | | | | | | | Land | Adinarayana / | | | | | | | | | | | Satyam | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 16 | Garida | 151 | 2601 | 2324 | 0.01 | 0.01 | Private | Dasari Appala | | | | | | | | | | Land | Ramulu/Late | | | | | | | | | | | Ramaswamy | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 17 | Garida | 215 | 2724 | 2673 | 0.026 | 0.026 | Private | Karrotu Sanyasi | | | | | | | | | | Land | Naidu / | | | | | | | | | | | Ramamurthy | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 18 | Garida | 214 | 2684 | 1062 | 0.066 | 0.066 | Private | Dasari | | | | | | | | | | Land | Lacchamma / | | | | | | | | | | | Appala Ramulu | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 19 | Garida | 66 | 1921 | 1059 | 0.02 | 0.02 | Private | Lenka Satyam / | | | | | | | | | | Land | Late | | | | | | | | | | | Ramaswamy | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 20 | Garida | 973 | 1920 | 1063 | 0.118 | 0.118 | Private | Konchada | | | | | | | | | | Land | Narayanamma / | | | | | | | | | | | Relative: | | | | | | | | | | | Konchada Taviti | | | | | | | | | | | Naidu | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 21 | Garida | 71 | 2572 | 2367 | 0.027 | 0.027 | Private | Lenka | | | | | | | | | | Land | Pentamma / Late | | | | | | | | | | | Surappadu | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 22 | Garida | 336 | 1550 | 1069 | 0.037 | 0.037 | Private | Thirumareddi | | | | | | | | | | Land | Suribabu / Appa | | | | | | | | | | | Rao | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 23 | Garida | 336 | 2468 | 1554 | 0.031 | 0.031 | Private | Thirumareddi | | | | | | | | | | Land | Suribabu / Appa | | | | | | | | | | | Rao | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | 24 | Garida | 20000506 | 2715 | 1073 | 0.119 | 0.119 | Govt | Cheruvu / | | | | | | | | | | Land | Cheruvu | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ | | Total | | | | 1.233 | | | | | +-----+-----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+-------------------+ [F. No. SCoR/CAO/CON/RSP/VSKP/ML-453/ROBs/20A] CH. VIJAYAKUMAR, Dy. Chief Engineer Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. RAVINDER KUMAR Digitally signed by RAVINDER KUMAR Date: 2026.08.29 13:44:07 +05'30'

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