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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land in Wardha district, Maharashtra, for the "Bhusawal-Badnera-Wardha 3rd & 4th Line (313 Kms)" Special Railway Project under Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Central Railway) issued Notification S.O. 3523(E) on June 29, 2026, published in The Gazette of India on July 1, 2026, declaring the Central Government's intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing, maintaining, managing, and operating the "Bhusawal-Badnera-Wardha 3rd & 4th Line (313 Kms)" Special Railway Project in Wardha district, Maharashtra. This declaration is made in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), as amended by the Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 (11 of 2008). The notification includes a schedule detailing the land required, which totals 1.9586 Ha across various survey numbers in Dhotra Ray village, Wardha. Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the Act. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority, identified as the Dy. Collector (Land Acquisition), VIDC, Wardha, Maharashtra, who will provide an opportunity for hearing. The order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (2) of section 20D of the Act shall be final. Land plans and other details are available for inspection at the Competent Authority's office. The notification was issued by BHUVNESH KUMAR GUPTA, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction).

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-08072026-274250 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3388] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2026/ASHADHA 10, 1948 (Central Railway) Mumbai, the 29th June, 2026 Under clause 20A of the Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] (SUNDARRA) Sr. No. | Land Acquisition Case No. | Village Name | Tahsil | Name of Landholder | Survey No. | Land holding practices | Total area as per 7/12 (Ha.) | Acquisition Area (Ha.) 1 | | | | Ashwini Maheshrao Gulhane | 13/1 | 1 | 1.68.00 | 0.6602 2 | | | | Mahesh Shankarrao Gulhane | 13/2 | 1 | 1.67.00 | 3 | | | | Kishore Dadarao Vanjari, Prashant Dadarao Vanjari | 163 | 1 | 0.94.00 | 0.0748 4 | | | | Sunil Maroti Chitalkar | 3 | 1 | 1.48.00 | 0.0975 5 | | | | Hari Zimbal Nagose | 267 | 1 | 1.35.00 | 0.0589 6 | | | | Girjabai J. Gunwantrao Meshram | 5 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.0873 7 | 08/LAQ-47/2025-2026 | Dhotra Ray | Wardha | Saraswati V.Dhruva Vahare, Shamsunder Dhruva Vahare, Pushpa Dnyaneshwar Bagade, Chitra Bhimraoji Gautre, Devanand Dhruv Vahere, Mrs. Kanta Haribhau Madavi | 235 | 1 | 2.49.00 | 0.1512 8 | | | | Ashok Ramdas Mtasram | 204 | 1 | 0.70.00 | 0.0185 9 | | | | Sanjay Chandrakant Balbudhe | 266/1 | 1 | 2.42.00 | 0.1987 10 | | | | Vaishali Sanjay Balbudhe | 266/2 | 1 | 1.07.00 | 11 | | | | Lata Anil Samarth | 6/1 | 1 | 5.31.00 | 12 | | | | Anil Haribhau Samarth | 6/2/A/1 | 1 | 1.09.00 | 0.0841 13 | | | | Mayabai Vinayak Ashtankar | 6/2/A/2 | 1 | 2.02 | 14 | | | | Kavish Vinayak Ashtankar, Father Vinayak Shankarrao | 6/2/B | 1 | 2.20.00 | 15 | | | | Nikhil Vinayak Ashtankar, Father Vinayak Shankarrao Ashtankar | 7 | 1 | 1.36.00 | 0.0350 16 | | | | Mangala Vijay Mun, Shobha Shivdas Dhargave | 18 | 1 | 1.37.00 | 0.0644 17 | | | | Rajendra Babarao Jaghav | 19/1 | 1 | 1.62.00 | 18 | | | | Mahesh Shankarrao Gulhane | 19/2/A | 1 | 1.02 | 19 | | | | Mahesh Shankarrao Gulhane | 19/2/B | 1 | 0.81.00 | 0.4116 20 | | | | Mahesh Shankarrao Gulhane | 19/2/C | 1 | 0.81.00 | 21 | | | | As per the authority record | From the canal | Gov. | 0.8606 | 0.0024 22 | | | | As per the authority record | From the canal | Gov. | 0.0479 | 0.0130 23 | | | | As per the authority record | From the canal | Government | 0.4991 | 0.0010 Total | | | | | | | 33.9176 | 1.9586 | | | | | | | (Ha.) | (Ha.) [F. No. G197/BSL-BD-WR 3rd & 4th Line/Dhotra Vlg/20A] BHUVNESH KUMAR GUPTA, Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Central Railway) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 29th June, 2026 Under clause 20A of the Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 S.O. 3523(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred to the Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 (11 of 2008), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has been given in schedule annexed hereto, is required for purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of Special Railway Project, namely “Bhusawal-Badnera-Wardha 3rd & 4th Line (313 Kms)” in the district of Wardha in the State of Maharashtra, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may, within a period of 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 section 20D of the said Act. Every such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority namely, Dy. Collector (Land Acquisition), VIDC, Wardha, Maharashtra in writing and shall set out the grounds thereof, and the Competent Authority shall give the objector the opportunity of being heard, either in person or by legal practitioner and may, after hearing 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 land covered under this notification are available and can be inspected by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the Competent Authority. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] SCHEDULE Notification Appendix A Wardha-Badnera 3rd & 4th Railway line as per section 20 (A) of Railways Amendment Act 1989 and Land Acquisition Railway (Amendment) Act 2008 [F. No. G197/BSL-BD-WR 3rd & 4th Line/Dhotra Vlg/20A] BHUVNESH KUMAR GUPTA, 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. VINOD KUMAR Digitally signed by VINOD KUMAR Date: 2026.07.08 15:16:04 +05'30'

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