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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the "Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-461" under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989.

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The Ministry of Railways (East Coast Railway (Construction)) issued Notification S.O. 1692(E) on April 1, 2026, under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89). The Central Government, being satisfied that land is required for public purpose, declares its intention to acquire land for the Special Railway Project, "Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-461 at Km 815/27-29 between Nellimarla – Vizianagaram on Main Line of Waltair Division" in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within 30 days from the notification's publication date in the Official Gazette, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the Act. Objections must be made in writing to the Competent Authority Land Acquisition (CALA), identified as The Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), Vizianagaram, stating the grounds for objection. The competent authority will provide an opportunity for hearing, either in person or through a legal practitioner, and its order under sub-section (2) of section 20D shall be final. Land plans and details are available for inspection at the competent authority's office. The total acquired land across Viziangaram Bit-II, Venugopalapuram Bit-I, Gajularega, Kothapeta North Ward (Block-1), and Santhapeta North Ward (Block-1) villages amounts to 3.71 acres, comprising various classifications of government and private land.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-OR-E-02042026-271522 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1627] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2026/ CHAITRA 11, 1948 2387 GI/2026 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [East Coast Railway (Construction)] NOTIFICATION Bhubaneswar, the 1st April, 2026 Notice under Section 20A of the Railways Act-1989 S.O. 1692(E).- In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89) (herein after referred as the said Act.), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public purpose, the Land, brief description of which is given in the schedule annexed here to is required for the execution of Special Railway Project, namely, “Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-461 at Km 815/27-29 between Nellimarla – Vizianagaram on Main Line of Waltair Division" in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Any person interested in the said land may within a period of (30) thirty days from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, raise objection to the acquisition of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section(1) of section 20D of the said Act. Every objection shall be made to the competent authority, namely Competent Authority Land Acquisition (CALA) i.e. The Revenue Divisional officer (RDO), Vizianagaram for Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-461 at Km 815/27-29 between Nellimarla – Vizianagaram on Main Line of Waltair Division" in writing, and shall set out grounds thereof and competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being head, either in person or through a legal practitioner and may after hearing all such objections and after making such further inquiry 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 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. SCHEDULE Brief description of land (Annexure-I) attached here with to be acquired with or without structures, for Special Railway Project namely “Construction of Road Over Bridge in lieu of closing of manned LC No ML-461 at Km 815/27-29 between Nellimarla – Vizianagaram on Main Line of Waltair Division” in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Name of the District & State: Vizianagaram & Andhra Pradesh (Annexure-I) 20 A - SCHEDULE Name of the Project: Construction of ROB in lieu of closing manned Inter locked LC.No.461 at Km.815/27-29 between Vizianagaram (VZM)- Nellimaria (NLM) Block sations on PSA-VSKP main line Waltair Division on East Coast Railway. +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | Sl.No | Name of the village | Survey Number | Total Area in acre | Acquired area in Acre | Classifications | Type of land | +=======+===================+===============+====================+=====================+=================+====================+ | 1 | Viziangaram Bit-II | 82-9 | 1.6 | 0.53 | S.Poramboku | Government Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 2 | | 82-2A | 0.67 | 0.02 | R.Dry | Private Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 3 | | 82-3A | 0.20 | 0.02 | R.Dry | Private Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 4 | | 82-3C | | 0.01 | R.Dry | Private Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 5 | | 82-3D | | 0.04 | R.Dry | Private Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 6 | | 82-4A | 2.18 | 0.71 | R.Dry | Private Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | | Total | | | 1.33 | | | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | Sl.No | Name of the village | Survey Number | Total Area in acre | Acquired area in Acre | Classifications | Type of land | +=======+=====================+===============+====================+=====================+=================+====================+ | 1 | Venugopalapuram | 15-13 | 0.20 | 0.05 | S.Poramboku | Rasta Government | | | Bit-II | | | | | Land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 2 | | 15-9A | 0.12 | 0.06 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 3 | | 15-8A | 0.89 | 0.07 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 4 | | 15-10A | 0.37 | 0.18 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+--------------------+ | 5 | | 16-28 | 0.14 | 0.06 | S.Poramboku | Rasta Government | | | | | | | | Land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 6 | | 16-6A | 0.54 | 0.03 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 7 | | 16-3A | 0.31 | 0.24 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 8 | | 16-24A | 1.36 | 0.18 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.87 | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | Sl.No | Name of the village | Survey Number | Total Area in acre | Acquired area in Acre | Classifications | Type of land | +=======+===================+===============+====================+=====================+=================+====================+ | 1 | Gajularega | 13-22B | 0.21 | 0.01 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 2 | | 13-23B | 0.40 | 0.04 | R.Wet | Private land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 3 | | 84-2 | 0.90 | 0.01 | S.Poramboku | KALUVA | | | | | | | | Government Land | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.06 | | | +-------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | Sl.No | Name of the village | Survey Number | Total Area in acre | Acquired area in Acre | Classifications | Type of land | +=======+=====================+===============+====================+=====================+=================+====================+ | 1 | Kothapeta North Ward | TS.NO.1/1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | Muncipial | Government Land | | | (Block-1) | | | | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 2 | | TS.NO.1/2A | 0.88 | 0.64 | Private | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 3 | | TS.NO.2/1A | 3.92 | 0.07 | Zeryothi | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 4 | | TS.NO.2/2A | 7.87 | 0.14 | Zeryothi | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | 5 | | TS.NO.2/3A | 3.22 | 0.09 | Zeryothi | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.99 | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-----------------+--------------------+ +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------+--------------------+ | Sl.No | Name of the village | Survey Number | Total Area in acre | Acquired area in Acre | Classifications | Type of land | +=======+=====================+===============+====================+=====================+=============+====================+ | 1 | Santhapeta North | TS.NO.1B | 2.71 | 0.44 | Zeryothi | Private land | | | Ward (Block-1) | | | | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------+--------------------+ | 2 | | TS.NO.3B | 3.70 | 0.02 | Zeryothi | Private land | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------+--------------------+ | | Total | | | 0.46 | | | +-------+---------------------+---------------+--------------------+---------------------+-------------+--------------------+ Abstract +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | SL.No | Name of the Village | R.Dry | R.Wet | Zeryothi | Govt.Land in Ac.cts | Total acquired land in Ac.cts | +=======+=======================+=========+=========+==========+=====================+===============================+ | 1 | Viziangaram Bit-II | 0.80 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 1.33 | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | 2 | Vengopalapuram Bit-I | 0 | 0.76 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.87 | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | 3 | Gajularega | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.06 | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | 4 | kothapeta North Ward | 0 | 0 | 0.94 | 0.05 | 0.99 | | | (Block-1) | | | | | | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | 5 | santhapeta North Ward | 0 | 0 | 0.46 | 0 | 0.46 | | | (Block-1) | | | | | | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ | | Total | 0.80 | 0.81 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 3.71 | +-------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+---------------------+-------------------------------+ [F. No. CAO/CON/RSP/ROBs/461/20A] AJAY KUMAR SAMAL, Chief Engineer(Con-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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