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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land in District Vadodara, Gujarat, for the execution of the Choranda-Motikoral Gauge Conversion Special Railway Project.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (Western Railway) issued Notification G.S.R. 721(E) on August 11, 2026, in exercise of powers under sub-section (I) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989). This notification declares the Central Government's intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing the Special Railway Project, specifically the Gauge Conversion of Choranda-Motikoral in District Vadodara, Gujarat. Interested persons may raise objections to the acquisition within thirty days from the notification's publication date, as per sub-section (I) of section 20D of the said Act. Objections must be made in writing to the competent authority, Prant Officer Karjan, Taluka Sevasadan Near NH-48, Taluka Karjan, District Vadodara, who will provide an opportunity for hearing. Any order issued by the competent authority under sub-section (II) of section 20D of the Act shall be final. Detailed land plans are available for inspection at the competent authority's office. The Schedule annexed to the notification details private agricultural land parcels to be acquired in villages Choranda (13106 Sqm), Kala (1050 Sqm), Samra (4720 Sqm), and Alampura (347 Sqm) within Taluka Karjan, District Vadodara, Gujarat, totaling 19223 Sqm.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-14082026-275482 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 657] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026/SHRAVAN 20, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Western Railway) NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 11th August, 2026 G.S.R. 721(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(I) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989) (hereinafter referred in as the said act 2008), the Central Government after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the land, the brief description of which has given in the schedule annexed hereto, is required for execution of the Special Railway Project, namely, Gauge Conversion of Choranda- Motikoral Gauge Conversion Project in District Vadodara in the State of Gujarat, hereby declares its intention to acquired 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(I) of section 20D of the said Act; Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely, Prant Officer Karjan, Taluka Sevasadan Near NH-48, Taluka Karjan, District Vadodara, 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 (II) 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 falling within, for the Special Railway Project, namely: Choranda- Motikoral Gauge Conversion Projects in District Vadodara in the State of Gujarat. State: Gujarat District: Vadodara +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | Sr. | Survey No. | Type of Land | Nature of Land| Area of land to be | | No. | | | | acquired (in | | | | | | H.Are.Sqm.) | +=====+============+===============+===============+===========================+ | | Village : Choranda | Taluka: Karjan | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 1 | 1095 | Private | Agriculture | 216 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 2 | 1097 | Private | Agriculture | 22 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 3 | 1100 | Private | Agriculture | 94 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 4 | 1088 | Private | Agriculture | 273 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 5 | 1089/2 | Private | Agriculture | 15 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 6 | 1085/4/a/2 | Private | Agriculture | 1739 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 7 | 1091/1 | Private | Agriculture | 1840 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 8 | 1093 | Private | Agriculture | 3038 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 9 | 1067 | Private | Agriculture | 513 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 10 | 1099 | Private | Agriculture | 952 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 11 | 911 | Private | Agriculture | 1859 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 12 | 865/1 | Private | Agriculture | 337 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 13 | 865/2 | Private | Agriculture | 359 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 14 | 862 | Private | Agriculture | 535 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 15 | 861 | Private | Agriculture | 177 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 16 | 860 | Private | Agriculture | 124 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 17 | 859 | Private | Agriculture | 41 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 18 | 866/a | Private | Agriculture | 972 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | | Total Sqm | 13106 | +-----+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+ | | Village: Kala | Taluka: karjan | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 1 | 161 | Private | Agriculture | 150 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 2 | 466 | Private | Agriculture | 700 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 3 | 465 | Private | Agriculture | 200 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | | Total Sqm | 1050 | +-----+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+ | | Village: Samra | Taluka: karjan | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 1 | 132 | Private | Agriculture | 80 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 2 | 125 | Private | Agriculture | 1639 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 3 | 126 | Private | Agriculture | 900 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 4 | 129 | Private | Agriculture | 1100 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 5 | 131 | Private | Agriculture | 401 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 6 | 130 | Private | Agriculture | 600 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | | Total Sqm | 4720 | +-----+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+ | | Village: Alampura | Taluka: karjan | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | 1 | 60 | Private | Agriculture | 347 | +-----+------------+---------------+---------------+---------------------------+ | | Total Sqm | 347 | +-----+----------------------------------------+---------------------------+ [F. No. E.- 444209-05] TARUN DANDOTIYA, Chief Engineer (Const)-II 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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