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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the "Special Railway Project – New Broad Gauge Line from Vayor to Lakhpat via Koteshwar (66.70 km)" in District Kutch, State of Gujarat, under the Railways Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways, Western Railway (Construction Organization), published Notification G.S.R. 497(E) on June 18, 2026, in Mumbai, subsequently published in the Official Gazette on June 19, 2026. In exercise of powers under sub-section (1) of Section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire land for the public purpose of executing the 'Special Railway Project – New Broad Gauge Line from Vayor to Lakhpat via Koteshwar (66.70 km)' in District Kutch, State of Gujarat. Any person interested in the land may raise objections within thirty days from the notification's publication date, submitting them in writing to the competent authority, Prant Officer- Nakhatrana, District Kutch, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act. The competent authority will provide an opportunity for hearing, in person or by legal practitioner, and its order regarding objections, made under sub-section (II) of section 20(D), shall be final. Land plans and details are available for inspection at the competent authority's office. The Schedule annexed provides a brief description of the land to be acquired, including private and government land across various villages of Lakhpat Taluka, District Kutch, totaling 3749919 SQM. The notification was signed by S.R. PRASAD, Chief Project Manager - II.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-MH-E-20062026-273688 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 446] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026/JYAISTHA 29, 1948 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [Western Railway (Construction Organization)] NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 18th June, 2026 G.S.R. 497(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 as the said Act), the Central Government, being satisfied that the land, the brief description of which is given in the Schedule annexed hereto, is required for a public purpose, namely for the execution of the "Special Railway Project – New Broad Gauge Line from Vayor to Lakhpat via Koteshwar (66.70 km) in District Kutch, State of Gujarat”, 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 a foresaid purpose under sub-section (1) of section 20D of the said Act: Every such objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely, Prant Officer- Nakhatrana, District Kutch, 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 for the Special Railway Project namely: New Broad-Gauge line from Vayor- Lakhpat Via Koteshwar (66.70 KM) in District Kutch in the state of Gujarat. Name of District: Kutch +--------+----------------+--------------+------------+------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sr. No. | Name of Taluka | Village Name | Survey No. | Land Type | Area of Land to be acquired (in SQM) | +========+================+==============+============+============+===================================+ | 1 | Lakhpat | Punrajpar | 83 | Private | 10835 | | 2 | Lakhpat | Punrajpar | 79 | Private | 5332 | | 3 | Lakhpat | Punrajpar | NA | Government | 57582 | | 4 | Lakhpat | Punrajpar | NA | Government | 1890 | | 5 | Lakhpat | Punrajpar | NA | Government | 30769 | | 6 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 53 | Private | 10190 | | 7 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 35 | Government | 74545 | | 8 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 36 | Government | 25870 | | 9 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 52 | Government | 44707 | | 10 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 30 | Government | 2870 | | 11 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 29 | Government | 3647 | | 12 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 54 | Government | 19900 | | 13 | Lakhpat | Shinapar | 45 | Government | 60807 | | 14 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 54 | Private | 16468 | | 15 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 53 | Private | 2317 | | 16 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 51 | Private | 10919 | | 17 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 46 | Private | 701 | | 18 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 45 | Private | 1179 | | 19 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 79 | Private | 2327 | | 20 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 82 | Private | 2919 | | 21 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 83 | Private | 520 | | 22 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 94 | Private | 1561 | | 23 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 113 | Private | 6387 | | 24 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 112 | Private | 5230 | | 25 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 110 | Private | 7840 | | 26 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 109 | Private | 6619 | | 27 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 108 | Private | 3797 | | 28 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 107 | Private | 3220 | | 29 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 106 | Private | 5920 | | 30 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 55 | Government | 2980 | | 31 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 52 | Government | 13379 | | 32 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 49 | Government | 1532 | | 33 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 48 | Government | 44655 | | 34 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 77 | Government | 13493 | | 35 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 81 | Government | 22810 | | 36 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 115 | Government | 692 | | 37 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 111 | Government | 4956 | | 38 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 105 | Government | 11056 | | 39 | Lakhpat | Chher Nani | 122 | Government | 9949 | | 40 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 7 | Private | 2083 | | 41 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 6 | Private | 548 | | 42 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 10 | Private | 7067 | | 43 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 23 | Private | 14477 | | 44 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 27 | Private | 11757 | | 45 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 26 | Private | 8337 | | 46 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 29 | Private | 2146 | | 47 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 30 | Private | 10983 | | 48 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 5 | Government | 39906 | | 49 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 4 | Government | 28965 | | 50 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 137 | Government | 829 | | 51 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 3 | Government | 16540 | | 52 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 22 | Government | 27528 | | 53 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 36 | Government | 1303 | | 54 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 25 | Government | 7016 | | 55 | Lakhpat | Chher Moti | 31 | Government | 3505 | | 56 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 86 | Private | 3738 | | 57 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 87 | Private | 14594 | | 58 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 102 | Private | 737 | | 59 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 114 | Private | 4783 | | 60 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 110 | Private | 1916 | | 61 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 113 | Private | 6690 | | 62 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 111 | Private | 217 | | 63 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 112 | Private | 6042 | | 64 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 109 | Private | 7773 | | 65 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 131 | Private | 1394 | | 66 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 136 | Private | 9076 | | 67 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 101 | Government | 24512 | | 68 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 232 | Government | 1054 | | 69 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 108 | Government | 17709 | | 70 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 231 | Government | 3267 | | 71 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 124 | Government | 29234 | | 72 | Lakhpat | Koriyani | 137 | Government | 8514 | | 73 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 46 | Private | 37117 | | 74 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 50 | Private | 41202 | | 75 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 47 | Private | 17645 | | 76 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 1/2 | Private | 5402 | | 77 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 1/1 | Private | 393 | | 78 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 3/1 | Private | 23961 | | 79 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 4/2 | Private | 5581 | | 80 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 4/1 | Private | 7105 | | 81 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 21 | Private | 1693 | | 82 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 17/1 | Private | 9376 | | 83 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 49 | Government | 27745 | | 84 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 51 | Government | 14910 | | 85 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | River | Government | 29049 | | 86 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | NA | Government | 14150 | | 87 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | NA | Government | 14797 | | 88 | Lakhpat | Kapurasi | 17/2 | Government | 1856 | | 89 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 43 | Private | 34303 | | 90 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 47 | Private | 8268 | | 91 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 48 | Private | 9346 | | 92 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 56 | Private | 8522 | | 93 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 57 | Private | 4090 | | 94 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 58 | Private | 13735 | | 95 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 7 | Government | 46825 | | 96 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 6 | Government | 58855 | | 97 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 8 | Government | 11090 | | 98 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 9 | Government | 109592 | | 99 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 10 | Government | 73851 | | 100 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 42 | Government | 22669 | | 101 | Lakhpat | Sheh | 59 | Government | 7393 | | 102 | Lakhpat | Budha | 10 | Private | 586 | | 103 | Lakhpat | Budha | 18 | Private | 3196 | | 104 | Lakhpat | Budha | 21 | Private | 15352 | | 105 | Lakhpat | Budha | 23 | Private | 10172 | | 106 | Lakhpat | Budha | 24 | Private | 5684 | | 107 | Lakhpat | Budha | 25 | Private | 7604 | | 108 | Lakhpat | Budha | 147 | Private | 18880 | | 109 | Lakhpat | Budha | 129 | Private | 11617 | | 110 | Lakhpat | Budha | 130 | Private | 16367 | | 111 | Lakhpat | Budha | 5 | Government | 294 | | 112 | Lakhpat | Budha | 7 | Government | 7388 | | 113 | Lakhpat | Budha | 9 | Government | 18085 | | 114 | Lakhpat | Budha | 176 | Government | 1125 | | 115 | Lakhpat | Budha | 19 | Government | 7489 | | 116 | Lakhpat | Budha | 20 | Government | 5477 | | 117 | Lakhpat | Budha | 22 | Government | 13900 | | 118 | Lakhpat | Budha | 37 | Government | 759 | | 119 | Lakhpat | Budha | 49 | Government | 7329 | | 120 | Lakhpat | Budha | 48 | Government | 2752 | | 121 | Lakhpat | Budha | 106 | Government | 57948 | | 122 | Lakhpat | Budha | 144 | Government | 5899 | | 123 | Lakhpat | Budha | 142 | Government | 8289 | | 124 | Lakhpat | Budha | 136 | Government | 74560 | | 125 | Lakhpat | Budha | 179 | Government | 4549 | | 126 | Lakhpat | Budha | 124 | Government | 46009 | | 127 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 69 | Private | 92 | | 128 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 156 | Private | 14221 | | 129 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 157 | Private | 2794 | | 130 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 158 | Private | 442 | | 131 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 169 | Private | 557 | | 132 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 170 | Private | 3485 | | 133 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 172 | Private | 2361 | | 134 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 174 | Private | 5648 | | 135 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 72 | Government | 64994 | | 136 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 65 | Government | 14417 | | 137 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 327 | Government | 1658 | | 138 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 153 | Government | 84995 | | 139 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 152 | Government | 50997 | | 140 | Lakhpat | Baranda | 150 | Government | 51326 | | 141 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 65 | Private | 18449 | | 142 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 4 | Government | 26412 | | 143 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 77 | Government | 2178 | | 144 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 62 | Government | 37713 | | 145 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 63 | Government | 1735 | | 146 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 78 | Government | 5862 | | 147 | Lakhpat | Naredo | 44 | Government | 51320 | | 148 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 71 | Private | 17865 | | 149 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 75 | Private | 25661 | | 150 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 77 | Private | 1437 | | 151 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 11 | Private | 9758 | | 152 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 12 | Private | 1436 | | 153 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 72 | Government | 99210 | | 154 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 2 | Government | 83157 | | 155 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 82 | Government | 8648 | | 156 | Lakhpat | Harudi | 6 | Government | 24471 | | 157 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 45 | Private | 2503 | | 158 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 46 | Private | 1693 | | 159 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 51 | Private | 778 | | 160 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 50 | Private | 6925 | | 161 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p16 | Private | 5130 | | 162 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 54 | Private | 563 | | 163 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p11 | Private | 5627 | | 164 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 55 | Private | 6884 | | 165 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p23/p2 | Private | 5215 | | 166 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 35 | Private | 1271 | | 167 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 13 | Private | 2163 | | 168 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 12 | Private | 5102 | | 169 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 11 | Private | 2850 | | 170 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 10 | Private | 4631 | | 171 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 16 | Private | 3476 | | 172 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 17 | Private | 5849 | | 173 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 19 | Private | 5470 | | 174 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 20 | Private | 5082 | | 175 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 22 | Private | 454 | | 176 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 23 | Private | 9480 | | 177 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 24 | Private | 583 | | 178 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 25 | Private | 5250 | | 179 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 28 | Private | 4690 | | 180 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 27 | Private | 4052 | | 181 | Lakhpat | Kharai | NA | Government | 4826 | | 182 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 9999 | Government | 1780 | | 183 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 9999 | Government | 16304 | | 184 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 9999 | Government | 69084 | | 185 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 9 | Government | 262 | | 186 | Lakhpat | Kharai | NA | Government | 1196 | | 187 | Lakhpat | Kharai | NA | Government | 6025 | | 188 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 9001 | Government | 470 | | 189 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p47 | Government | 21692 | | 190 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p47/p12| Government | 76739 | | 191 | Lakhpat | Kharai | River | Government | 5958 | | 192 | Lakhpat | Kharai | 154/p47 | Government | 35639 | | 193 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 30 | Private | 10153 | | 194 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 29 | Private | 14073 | | 195 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 28 | Private | 319 | | 196 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 26 | Private | 6348 | | 197 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 78 | Private | 15105 | | 198 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 76 | Private | 36483 | | 199 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 34 | Government | 59286 | | 200 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 33 | Government | 27816 | | 201 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 111 | Government | 1277 | | 202 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 23 | Government | 1171 | | 203 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 25 | Government | 9176 | | 204 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 109 | Government | 4146 | | 205 | Lakhpat | Kanoj | 57 | Government | 86993 | | 206 | Lakhpat | Fatehpur | NA | Government | 40730 | | 207 | Lakhpat | Godhatad | 39 | Government | 16491 | | 208 | Lakhpat | Godhatad | 38 | Government | 1499 | | 209 | Lakhpat | Kaiyari | 16 | Government | 150279 | | 210 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 60 | Government | 25621 | | 211 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | NA | Government | 251443 | | 212 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 36 | Government | 4451 | | 213 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 35 | Government | 5422 | | 214 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 40 | Government | 15952 | | 215 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 41 | Government | 20022 | | 216 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 42 | Government | 6330 | | 217 | Lakhpat | Lakhpat | 43 | Government | 1897 | +--------+----------------+--------------+------------+------------+-----------------------------------+ Total Land 3749919 [F. No. E file No 698930-1] S.R. PRASAD, Chief Project Manager - II

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