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Final declaration under section 9(1) of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957, acquiring approximately 1679.82 hectares (4150.84 acres) of land in Angul district, Odisha, for the Balabhadra Opencast Project and associated coal blocks.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Coal issued S.O. 1149(E) dated 7 March 2024, under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957), declaring the final acquisition of land measuring approximately 1679.82 hectares (4150.84 acres) and all rights in or over it, for the Balabhadra Opencast Project, Balabhadra Coal Block, Balabhadra North Extension Coal Block and Balabhadra West Extension Coal Block in Angul district, Odisha. This follows the Ministry's earlier notice of intention, S.O. 3116(E) dated 12 July 2023 (published 13 July 2023), the competent authority's report under section 8, and consultation with the Government of Odisha. The area plan (No. MCL/GM(HA)/L and R-I/2023/736-A dated 20 December 2023) is available for inspection at the Collector's office, District Angul; the Coal Controller Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Delhi; and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Burla, Sambalpur. The Schedule's 'All Rights' table itemises seven parcels: Kumunda (1111.97 acres, part), Chitalpur (532.52 acres, full), Parabeda (138.88 acres, full), Maradahariharpur (644.81 acres, full) and Banabaspur (192.93 acres, part) in Gopalprasad Thana, Talcher Tahasil; and Badakathia Reserve Forest (1004.64 acres, part, Kaniha) and Jaypur Reserve Forest (525.09 acres, part, Chendipada) - all in Angul district. Individual survey/plot numbers are listed exhaustively for each of the five revenue villages (several hundred to over a thousand discrete plot references each), followed by a detailed boundary description tracing the acquired area through points A to Z across Kumunda, Chitalpur, Maradahariharpur, Banabaspur, Parabeda and the Jaypur and Badakathia Reserve Forests. The notification is signed by Bhabani Prasad Pati, Joint Secretary, under File No. 43015/11/2022-LAIR.

Full Text

The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1087] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2024/PHALGUNA 17, 1945 CG-DL-E-09032024-252781 MINISTRY OF COAL NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 7th March, 2024 S.O. 1149(E).—Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Coal number S.O. 3116(E), dated the 12th July, 2023, issued under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), and published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 13th July, 2023, the Central Government gave notice of its intention to acquire the land and all rights in or over the land measuring 1679.82 hectares (approximately) or 4150.84 acres (approximately) in the locality specified in the Schedule appended to that notification; And whereas the competent authority in pursuance of section 8 of the said Act, has made his report to the Central Government; And whereas the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid report and after consulting the Government of Odisha, is satisfied that the land measuring 1679.82 hectares (approximately) or 4150.84 acres (approximately) and all rights in or over such land as described in Schedule appended hereto should be acquired; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 9 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land measuring 1679.82 hectares (approximately) or 4150.84 acres (approximately) and all rights in or over such land as described in Schedule are hereby acquired. The plan bearing number MCL/GM(HA)/L and R-I/2023/736-A, dated the 20th December, 2023 of the area covered by this notification may be inspected at the office of the Collector, District Angul, Odisha or at the office of the Coal Controller, Coal Controller Organisation, Ministry of Coal, Core-2, 5th Floor, Scope Minar, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092, or at the office of the Director (Personnel), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Jagruti Vihar, Burla, District Sambalpur -768020, Odisha. SCHEDULE BALABHADRA OPENCAST PROJECT BALABHADRA COAL BLOCK, BALABHADRA NORTH EXTENSION COAL BLOCK, BALABHADRA WEST EXTENSION COAL BLOCK DISTRICT- ANGUL, ODISHA [Plan bearing number MCL/GM(HA)/L and R-I/2023/736-A, dated the 20th December, 2023] ALL RIGHTS: +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | Sl. No.| Name of village | Thana | Tahasil | District | Area in acres | Remarks | +========+============================+=============+=============+==========+===============+=========+ | 1 | Kumunda | Gopalprasad | Talcher | Angul | 1111.97 | Part | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 2 | Chitalpur | Gopalprasad | Talcher | Angul | 532.52 | Full | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 3 | Parabeda | Gopalprasad | Talcher | Angul | 138.88 | Full | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 4 | Maradahariharpur | Gopalprasad | Talcher | Angul | 644.81 | Full | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 5 | Banabaspur | Gopalprasad | Talcher | Angul | 192.93 | Part | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 6 | Badakathia Reserve Forest | Kaniha | Kaniha | Angul | 1004.64 | Part | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ | 7 | Jaypur Reserve Forest | Chendipada | Chendipada | Angul | 525.09 | Part | +--------+----------------------------+-------------+-------------+----------+---------------+---------+ Total : 1679.82 hectares (approximately) or 4150.84 acres (approximately) (1) Plot numbers to be acquired in village Kumunda (Part): [extensive list of several hundred survey/plot numbers, e.g. 1 to 649, 653 to 655, 657 to 949, 968 to 971, 996 to 1403, 1405 to 5772, 1/6779, 1/6715, 100/5932, 1006/6788, 1006/6800 ... continuing through numbers such as 5748/6161, 5757/6496, 6066/6199, 698/6390, up to approximately 7113.] (2) Plot numbers to be acquired in village Chitalpur (Full): [extensive list of several hundred survey/plot numbers, e.g. 1 to 1298, 1431, 1028/2019, 1028/2020 ... through 96/7040, 96/7041, 98/5987 and 997/6016.] (3) Plot numbers to be acquired in village Parabeda (Full): [list not captured in this extraction.] (4) Plot numbers acquired in village Maradahariharpur (Full): 1 to 815, 718, 113/906, 118/1013, 118/1014, 118/855, 119/1015, 119/1016, 119/1017, 120/1092, 120/1105, 120/1106, 121/1114, 121/853, 128/1021, 128/1022, 128/1042, 128/1043, 141/859, 144/837, 147/860, 149/844, 151/858, 17/1158, 17/1194, 17/995, 17/997, 172/1091, 172/1172, 172/1228, 177/1294, 177/1294/1575, 178/1343, 179/923, 18/851, 19/1161, 196/857, 206/1100, 206/1100/1288, 206/1100/1287, 206/1286, 206/1287, 206/6900, 206/6901, 21/1159, 21/816, 21/907, 21/996, 21/998, 210/1085, 210/966, 211/965, 213/856, 215/870, 218/1249, 218/1250, 221/1246, 221/1278, 221/1285, 221/1292, 221/1293 [and several hundred further plot numbers in the same format], continuing through 419/1044, 420/1045, 421/1046, 422/1047 ... up to 813/1104, 813/967, 880/929, 880/939, 881/930, 881/931, 881/936 and 881/937. (5) Plot numbers to be acquired in village Banabaspur (Part): 1 to 61, 624 to 650, 2/1095, 2/1555, 2/1556, 2/1557, 2/1558, 2/1559, 21/1567, 21/1568, 21/1569, 37/1255, 37/1554, 38/1100, 47/1552, 47/1553, 47/1560, 47/1561, 47/1565, 47/1566, 47/1570, 47/1571, 51/1090, 51/1091, 51/1151, 60/1258, 629/1150, 632/1146, 632/1147, 648/1575, 649/1540, 649/1541, 649/1542, 649/1543, 649/1544, 649/1545, 649/1546, 649/1549, 649/1550, 649/1550/1577, 649/1562, 649/1564, 649/1573, 649/1578, 649/1579, 650/1148, 650/1563, 650/1572, 650/1574, 650/1576, 650/1580, 650/1581 and 650/1584. Boundary description: A-B-C: The line starts from point 'A' in Jaypur Reserve Forest and moves east through point 'B' in Badakathia Reserve Forest which is the northern common point of Balabhadra North extension coal block and Balabhadra West extension coal block upto point 'C' on Badahar village boundary. C-D-E-F-G: The line starts from Point 'C' and moves south along Badahar village boundary upto Point 'D' which is the trijunction boundary of Badakathia Reserve Forest, Badahar and Maradahariharpur and then moves south east along the northern boundary of plot numbers 902, 900, 826, 891 and 382 of Maradahariharpur upto Point 'E' which is the trijunction boundary of Maradahariharpur, Badahar and Chitalpur and then moves eastward along the northern boundary of plots 4, 46, 47 of Chitalpur upto Point 'F' which is the trijunction boundary of Badahar, Chitalpur and Banbaspur and then moves eastward along the northern boundary of Plots 1, 1095 of Banabaspur upto Point 'G' which is the northeast corner of Plot number 1095 of Banabaspur. G-H-I-J: The line starts from Point 'G' and moves south along the eastern boundary of Plot number 1095 of Banabaspur through Point 'H' which is the northern corner of Plot number 61 of Banabaspur through Point 'I' on the eastern boundary of Plot number 61 of Banabaspur upto Point 'J' which is the southern corner of Plot number 624 of village Banabaspur. J-K-L-M-N-O-P: The line starts from point 'J' and proceeds in southeast direction along the eastern boundary of plot number 52 of Parabeda, through point 'K' which is on eastern boundary plot 350 of Parabeda, then southwards along the eastern boundary of plot number 106 of Parabeda, through point 'L' on southern boundary of plot number 285 of Parabeda, through point 'M' on eastern boundary of plot number 5781 of Kumunda, through point 'N' on the southern boundary of plot number 4546 of Kumunda, through point 'O' which is on the western boundary of plot number 1405 of Kumunda, upto point 'P' which is the eastern corner of plot number 1403 of village Kumunda. P-Q: The line starts from point 'P' and proceeds in southwest direction along the southern boundary of plot numbers 1403, 1025, 1024 and 1007 of village Kumunda upto point 'Q' which is the southwest corner of plot number 1007 of Kumunda. Q-R: The line starts from point 'Q' and proceeds in western direction along the southern boundary of plot numbers 1006, 996, 997, 949, 658, 657, 654, 655, 653, 642, 644, 646, 647, 649, 968, 971 and 326 of Kumunda upto point 'R' which is situated on the trijunction boundary of village Kumunda, Kankarei, and Jaypur Reserve Forest. R-S-T-U-V: The line starts from point 'R' and moves in western direction to point 'S' on the southern boundary of Jaypur Reserve Forest proceeding further through points 'T' and 'U', on southern boundary of Jaypur Reserve Forest upto point 'V' which is the trijunction boundary of village Chotabereni, Sendhapal and Jaypur Reserve Forest. V-W-X-Y-Z-A: The line starts from point 'V' and proceeds through points 'W', 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' in Jaypur Reserve Forest along the western border of Balabhdra West extension coal block to join at the starting point 'A'. [F.No. 43015/11/2022-LAIR] BHABANI PRASAD PATI, Jt. Secy.

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