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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the execution, maintenance, management, and operation of Special Railway Projects, specifically the Multi tracking of Son nagar -Andal as part of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (East Central Railway) issued Notification S.O. 4445(E) on 3rd August, 2026, in exercise of powers conferred by clause (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). The Central Government has declared its intention to acquire land for public purpose, specifically for the Multi tracking of Son nagar -Andal (374.53 RKm) as part of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in the District of Gaya, Bihar State. Any person interested in the said land may raise an objection within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, as per sub-section (1) of Section 20D of the Railways Act, 1989. Objections must be submitted in writing to the competent authority, the District Land Acquisition Officer, Gaya, Bihar, who will provide an opportunity for a hearing. The order made by the competent authority under sub-section (2) of Section 20D of the said Act shall be final. The land plans and other details are available for inspection at the competent authority's office. The Schedule annexed to the notification describes land parcels to be acquired in Mauzas Durbe, Katari, and Kujapi, with a total affected area of 1.1956 acres and 0.207 acres across various plot numbers.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-BR-E-12082026-275387 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4267] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026/SHRAVAN 20, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Patna, the 3rd August, 2026 S.O. 4445(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has been given in the Schedule annexed hereto, is required for execution, maintenance, management and operation of Special Railway Projects, Multi tracking of Son nagar -Andal (374.53 RKm) as part of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, in the District of Gaya, Bihar State, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land; Any person interested in the said land may, within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition and use of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub- section (1) of 20D of the said Act; Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority namely, District Land Acquisition Officer, Gaya, Bihar in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof, and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, either in person or by legal practitioner and may, after hearing all such objections and after making such further enquiry 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 Section 20D of the said Act shall be final; The land plans and other details of the 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 the land to be acquired with or with our structure falling within the special Railway Project Namely Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor in the district of Gaya in the State of Bihar. +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | Sl. | Name of | Thana no. | Plot No. | Area | Affected Plot | | No. | Mauza | | | (in Acre) | | +=====+===========+==========+===========+=============+===============+ | 1 | Durbe | 177 | 601/1506 | 0.136 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | 2 | | | 1174/1505 | 0.0976 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | 3 | | | 600 | 0.577 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | 4 | Katari | 182 | 60 | 0.26 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | 5 | Kujapi | 186 | 1842 | 0.125 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | | Total | | | 1.1956 | | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | Sl. | Name of | Thana no. | Plot No. | Area | Affected Plot | | No. | Mauza | | | (in Acre) | | +=====+===========+==========+===========+=============+===============+ | 1 | Kujapi | 186 | 2701 | 0.18 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | 2 | Kujapi | 186 | 2703 | 0.027 | Part | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ | | Total | | | 0.207 | | +-----+-----------+----------+-----------+-------------+---------------+ [F. No. ECR/CAO/Con/S/EDFC-Son nagar-Andal] RAJIV GUPTA, Chief Administrative Officer (Con.) 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.

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