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The Central Government declares the acquisition and absolute vesting of specified land in the Central Government for the Up-gradation of the existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement for railway sections over South East Central Railway, as per Section 20E of The Railway Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

This notification, S.O. 35(E), issued by the Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway) on 2nd December, 2025, declares the acquisition of land under sub-section (1) of Section 20E of The Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). This follows a previous notification (number 3257, dated 19th July, 2025) by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the said Act, which expressed the Central Government's intention to acquire land for a Special Railway Project. The project involves upgrading the existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement across several sections: Jharsugda-Raigarh, Raigarh-Champa, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur, and Raipur-Lakholi over the South East Central Railway, aiming to meet a 3000MT loading target in the states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. The substance of the Section 20A notification was published in newspapers, including Times of India (English), on 30th July, 2025. No objections were received within the stipulated time and were disposed of by the Competent Authority under Section 20D of the Act. Upon receipt of the Competent Authority's report, the Central Government now declares that the specified land shall be acquired and, upon publication of this notification, shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances, as per sub-section (2) of Section 20E. The land details include a total area of 1.01 Hectares (2260 Sq. metres) in Village Dhodha, Tehsil Simga, Distt- Baloda Bajar - Bhatapara, State- Chhattisgarh.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-06012026-269131 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 34] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026/PAUSHA 15, 1947 46 GI/2026 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Bilaspur, the 2nd December, 2025 Notification Under Section 20 E of The Railway Act 1989 S.O. 35(E).-_Whereas by the notification of the Government of India, In the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) number 3257, dated the 19.July.2025, published in the Gazzette of India (Extra-Ordinary) Part-II section 3 sub section (ii), hereinafter referred to as the said notification) under subsection (1) of 20A of the railway act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the central Government declared its intention to acquire the land specified in the schedule annexed to the said notification for execution of Special Railway Project, namely for Up- gradation of existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement between Jharsugda- Raigarh, Raigarh-Champa, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur & Raipur-Lakholi sections over SEC Railway to meet 3000MT loading target in the state of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra over SEC railway. And, whereas the substance of the said notification 20 A was published as per section 20A sub section (4) in the daily Newspapers Times of India(English), Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi), Navbharat (Hindi), Edition on 30.07.2025 and whereas, No objections were received within the set time period and disposed of by the Competent Authority under section 20D of the said Act; and, whereas, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 20E of the said act, the Competent Authority has submitted his report to the central Government. Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the Competent Authority, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of the section 20E of the said act 1989, the central Government hereby declares that the lands specified in the schedule annexed hereto shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; and, further, in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the official Gazette, the land specified in the schedule annexed hereto shall vest absolutely in the Central Government free from all Encumbrances. The details of land for which 20(E) is proposed to be issued: Distt- Baloda Bajar - Bhatapara State- Chhattisgarh +----+---------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | SN | SDM (Rev.)/ | Name | Name | Nature of ownership | Nature | Land | Total | Total area| | | | Competent | of | of | | of | khasra | area | (in | (in | | | Authority | Tehsil | Village | | land | no. | (in | Sq.metre) | Hectare) | | | | | | | | | Hec) | | | +----+---------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | (1)| (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | +====+=====================+========+=========+=================================================+========+===========+==========+===========+===========+ | | | | | Rajkuvar bewa Chhotu | Krishi | 386 | 0.13 | 400 | 0.040 | | | | | | ram, Kanhaiya, Vishnu, | | | | | | | | | | | Chandrika Bai, Amreeka | | | | | | | | | | | Bai,Kera Bai, | | | | | | | | | | | Panch Bai, Rukmani Bai, | | | | | | | | | | | Kanti Bai pita Chhoturam | | | | | | | | SDM (Rev) | | | Manoj, Kailash, Lakshmi, | Krishi | 387 | 0.470 | 1200 | 0.120 | | 1 | Simga | Simga | Dhodha | Gauri, Vineeta pita | | | | | | | | (Distt.- | | | Heeraram, Nirmala Bai | | | | | | | | Baloda | | | bewa Heeraram | | | | | | | | Bajar- | | | Budhiyarin bewa Chhotku | Krishi | 388 | 0.080 | 10 | 0.001 | | | Batapara | | | Manoj, Kailash, Lakshmi, | Krishi | 771 | 0.330 | 650 | 0.065 | | | Chhatisgarh | | | Gauri, Vineeta pita | | | | | | | | | | | Heeraram, Nirmala Bai | | | | | | | | | | | bewa Heeraram | | | | | | +----+---------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | | Total | | | 1.01 | 2260 | 0.226 | +----+---------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------------------------------+--------+-----------+----------+-----------+-----------+ [F.No. CPM/Ele. /BSP/2x25KV OHE/Land Acquisition/20 E/ 1513] VIJAY KUMAR SAHU), 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. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA

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