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The Central Government declares its intention to acquire land for the '3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada' Special Railway Project under Section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Railways (East Coast Railway (Construction)), through Notification S.O. 4840(E) dated October 22, 2025, and published on October 24, 2025, has declared the Central Government's intention to acquire land under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89). This acquisition is for a public purpose, specifically for the execution of the Special Railway Project named '3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada in connection to Khurda Road – Vizianagaram (363 Kms.)' located in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Any person interested in the said land may raise objections within thirty days from the notification's publication date, as per sub-section (1) of section 20D of the Act. Objections must be in writing and submitted to the competent authority, identified as the Revenue Divisional Officer, Srikakulam, acting as the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Srikakulam District. The competent authority will provide an opportunity for a hearing, and its order under sub-section (2) of 20D of the Act shall be final. Detailed land plans and other specifics for the land, including survey numbers and areas (e.g., 0.032 acres for Survey No. 252-2) in G. Sigadam Mandal, Niddam Village, are available for inspection at the competent authority's office.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-OR-E-07112025-267437 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4696] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025/KARTIKA 2, 1947 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS [East Coast Railway (Construction)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2025 Notice Under Section 20A of the Railways Act-, 1989 S.O. 4840(E). In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 1989 (24/89) (hereinafter 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, "3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada in connection to Khurda Road – Vizianagaram (363 Kms.)” in Srikakulam 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 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. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Srikakulam as aSpecial Land Acquisition Officer, Srikakulam District andArea of the Special Railway Project is"3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada in connection to Khurda Road-Vizianagaram (363 Kms.)" in writing, and shall set out grounds thereof and competent authority shall give the objector an opportunity of being heard, 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 3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada in connection to Khurda Road – Vizianagaram (363 Kms)." in Srikakulam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. East Coast Railway Land Schedule Annexure-I Name of the Project: 3rd line between Vizianagaram to Naupada in connection to Khurda Road –Vizianagaram (363 Kms) District: Srikakulam, Mandal: G. Sigadam, Village: Niddam +-------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------+---------------------+ | Sl. No| Survey | Total | Area to be | Total Area | Area to be | Kissam | Name of the record | | | Number/ | Area in | Acquired | in | Acquired in | | | | | LPM | (Acres) | in (Acres) | (Hectare) | (Hectare) | | | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------+---------------------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------+---------------------+ | 1 | 252-2 | | 0.032 | | 0.013 | Govt. land| GEDDA | | | | | | | | | PORAMBOKU | | | | 5.540 | | 2.238 | | | GEDDA | | 2 | 252-1 | | 0.123 | | 0.050 | Govt. land| PORAMBOKU | | | | | | | | | YERNENA | | | | | | | | | NARAYANARAO, | | 3 | 251 | 19.720 | 0.327 | 7.967 | 0.132 | Private land| GIRADARAMANA, | | | | | | | | | YERNENA | | | | | | | | | AMMADAMMA, | | | | | | | | | GIRADABALAKRISH | | | | | | | | | NA | | 4 | 180-1 | 0.250 | 0.003 | 0.101 | 0.001 | Private land| PODILAAPU RAAMU | | 5 | 178-2 | 0.640 | 0.036 | 0.259 | 0.015 | Govt. land| KEMBURU | | | | | | | | | SREERAMULU | | 6 | 178-1 | 0.800 | 0.096 | 0.323 | 0.039 | Private land| KEMBURU | | | | | | | | | SREERAMULU | | 7 | 179-2 | 1.360 | 0.019 | 0.549 | 0.008 | Private land| KEMBURU | | | | | | | | | ANNAPOORNA | | 8 | 179-1 | 1.310 | 0.130 | 0.529 | 0.053 | Private land| BASWA | | | | | | | | | SARASWATHI | | 9 | 173-3 | 1.110 | 0.334 | 0.448 | 0.135 | Private land| PANDOORI | | | | | | | | | SANYASAPPADU | | 10 | 173-1 | 0.410 | 0.144 | 0.166 | 0.059 | Private land| KORADA | | | | | | | | | YERRAYYA | | 11 | 172-4 | 0.360 | 0.210 | 0.145 | 0.086 | Private land| RAAMBILLI | | | | | | | | | LAKSHUM NAIDU | | 12 | 172-1 | 1.720 | 0.467 | 0.695 | 0.189 | Private land| CHILAKALAPALLI | | | | | | | | | TRINADHA | | 13 | 171-1 | 0.100 | 0.089 | 0.040 | 0.036 | Private land| KILAARI | | | | | | | | | CHITTIKANNA | | 14 | 171-2 | 0.840 | 0.089 | 0.339 | 0.036 | Private land| KILAARI | | | | | | | | | CHITTIKANNA | | 15 | 100-11 | 0.340 | 0.080 | 0.137 | 0.032 | Private land| REDDI | | | | | | | | | RAAMINAIDU | | 16 | 100-9 | 0.120 | 0.055 | 0.048 | 0.022 | Private land| REDDI | | | | | | | | | RAAMINAIDU | | 17 | 100-8 | 0.150 | 0.105 | 0.061 | 0.042 | Private land| REDDI | | | | | | | | | RAAMINAIDU | +-------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------+---------------------+ Land Schedule +-------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+-----------+---------------------+ | 18 | 100-1 | 0.290 | 0.080 | 0.117 | 0.032 | Private land| MEESALA ROOPA | | 19 | 99-12 | 0.180 | 0.087 | 0.073 | 0.035 | Private land| LATCHUBHUKTA | | | | | | | | | MURALI DASU | | 20 | 99-11 | 0.300 | 0.011 | 0.121 | 0.004 | Private land| LATCHUBHUKTA | | | | | | | | | MURALI DASU | | 21 | 99-10b | 0.170 | 0.071 | 0.069

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