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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the Up-gradation of existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement for a Special Railway Project over SEC Railway sections under Section 20A of the Railway Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (South East Central Railway) issued Notification S.O. 1572(E) on March 23, 2026, published on March 25, 2026, under sub-section (1) of section 20(A) of the Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). The Central Government, satisfied that land is required for public purpose, declares its intention to acquire land for the Up-gradation of existing 1x25KV Traction System to 2x25KV OHE with AT feeder arrangement between Jharsugda-Raigarh, Raigarh-Champa, Champa – Gevra Road, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Durg-Darekasa, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur & Raipur-Lakholi sections over SEC Railway. This project aims to meet a 3000MT loading target in the states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. Any person interested in the land may raise objections within 30 days from the notification's publication date to the competent authority, namely the Sub Divisional officer (Revenue) Belha, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, in writing, as per sub-section (1) of section 20(D) of the said Act. The competent authority will provide an opportunity for hearing and its order under sub-section (2) of section 20(D) shall be final. The land to be acquired in Bilaspur District, Tehsil Bilaspur, Tifra village, includes 0.2254 Hectares of private land (Khasra/Plot No. 999, 1484, 1002) and 0.2640 Hectares of Government land (Khasra/Plot No. 1486, 1483, 1480, 1485), totaling 0.4894 Hectares.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-CG-E-30032026-271396 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1507] | NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2026/ CHAITRA 4, 1948 2185 GI/2026 (1) 2 | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (South East Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Bilaspur, the 23 March, 2026 NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 20 A of THE RAILWAY ACT 1989 S.O. 1572(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 20(A) of the Railway Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred as the said act), the Central Government after being satisfied that for the [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | 3 public purpose, the land brief description of which is given in the schedule annexed hereto is required for the 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 – Gevra Road, Champa-Bilaspur, Tilda-Bilaspur, Tilda-Durg, Durg-Darekasa, Mundikota-Nagpur, Bilaspur-Pendra Road-Anuppur & Raipur-Lakholi sections over SEC Railway to meet 3000MT loading target in the state of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra over SEC railway, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may within a period of 30 days from the date of publication of this notification in the official gazette, raise objection to the acquisition of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub section (1) of section 20 (D) of the said act. Every objection shall be made to the competent authority namely Sub Divisional officer (Revenue) Belha, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh in writing and shall set out grounds thereof and the competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, either in person or through a 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 20 (D) 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 the land to be acquired, with or without structure, for the 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- Gevra Road, 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 Chhatisgarh. Name of District :- Bilaspur Tehsil :- Bilaspur Type of land:- Private land S.N. | Name of Village | Khasra / Plot No. | Area (in Hect.) 1 | Tifra | 999 | 0.1174 2 | | 1484 | 0.0440 3 | | 1002 | 0.0640 Total : 0.2254 Hect. Name of District :- Bilaspur Tehsil :- Bilaspur Type of land:- Govt. land S.N. | Name of Village | Khasra / Plot No. | Area (in Hect.) 1 | Tifra | 1486 | 0.1340 2 | | 1483 | 0.0240 3 | | 1480 | 0.0050 4 | | 1485 | 0.1010 Total : 0.2640 Hect. Grand Total: 0.4894 Hect. [F. No. CPM/Ele. /BSP/2x25KV OHE/Land Acquisition/20 A/ 1852 ] MUDIT BHATNAGAR, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) 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 | Digitally signed by GORAKHA NATH Date: 2026.03.30 11:41:06+05'30'

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