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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-OR-E-23052026-272824
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2517]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026/JYAISHTHA 1, 1948
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
[East Coast Railway (Construction)]
New Delhi, the 22nd May, 2026
Notice under Section 20E of the Railways Act, 1989
S.O. 2609(E).—Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Railways (East Coast
Railway, Construction Organisation), Notification number, S.O. 4416 (E), dated the 26th September, 2025 published in
the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3 Sub-section (ii), dated the 26th September, 2025 (herein after
referred to as the said notification) and issued under sub-section (1) of section 20A of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989)
(herein after referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declares its intention to acquire the land specified in the
schedule annexed to the said notification for the purpose of execution, maintenance, management and operation of Special
Railway Project, namely, “4th Line between Kottavalasa - Vizianagaram (34.70 Km)” in Vizianagaram district in the state
of Andhra Pradesh.
And whereas, the substance of the said notification was published in daily local newspapers namely "Sakshi" in
Telugu (Visakhapatnam Edition) dated 31st October,2025, and "Deccan Chronicle" in English (Visakhapatnam Edition)
dated 31st October, 2025 under sub-section (4) of section 20A of the said Act;
And whereas, objections were received; Competent Authority has heard the objections and orders have been
passed in terms of section 20D of the said Act.
And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Competent Authority has
submitted its report to the Central Government.
Now therefore, upon receipt of the report of the Competent Authority, and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-
section (1) of section 20E of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the lands specified in the schedule
annexed here to shall be acquired for the aforesaid purpose;
SCHEDULE
Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structures, falling within the Special Railway Project,
namely "4th Line between Kottavalasa - Vizianagaram (34.70 Km)” in Vizianagaram district in the state of
Andhra Pradesh.
ANNEXURE-I
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Sl. | Mandal | Village | Survey No./ | Total Area | Acq. Area | Total Area | Acq. Area | Class. of Land | Nature of | Enjoyer | Trees/Structures |
| No. | | | LPM No. | (Ac.Cts) | (Ac.Cts) | (Ha) | (Ha) | | Land | | |
+=====+=============+=============+=====================+=====================+=====================+==================+==================+=====================+==============+==================================+==============================+
| 1 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2441 | 0.27 | 0.093 | 0.109 | 0.038 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala V.V.R.K Naidu S/o late | Teak-2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Simhachalam | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2443 | 0.23 | 0.030 | 0.093 | 0.012 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala Demudu S/o Bangarayya | - |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 3 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2444 | 0.14 | 0.039 | 0.057 | 0.016 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala Appalaraju S/o late | Teak-3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Gangaraju | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 4 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2447 | 0.686 | 0.139 | 0.278 | 0.056 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala Kanamma W/o late | - |
| | | | | | | | | | | Apparao | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 5 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2449 | 0.46 | 0.088 | 0.186 | 0.036 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala Neelaveni W/o late | Teak-2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Srinu | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 6 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2451 | 0.201 | 0.097 | 0.081 | 0.039 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala V.V.R.K Naidu S/o late | - |
| | | | | | | | | | | Simhachalam | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 7 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 2453 | 0.344 | 0.166 | 0.139 | 0.067 | R.WET | Private Land | Bhusala V.V.R.K Naidu S/o late | Teak-5, Tati-1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Simhachalam | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 8 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 31-2 | 0.44 | 0.124 | 0.178 | 0.050 | Sarkar Poramboku | Government | Road | - |
| | | | | | | | | | Land | | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 9 | Kothavalasa | Katakapalli | 34-2 | 0.51 | 0.416 | 0.206 | 0.168 | Sarkar Poramboku | Government | Government Land | - |
| | | | | | | | | | Land | | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 1 | Kothavalasa | Datti | 1810 | 21.18 | 0.533 | 8.571 | 0.216 | R.Dry | Private Land | Puppala Narayan Rao S/o late | - |
| | | | | | | | | | | Appalaswami, M/S Prakruthi | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Avenue | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | Kothavalasa | Datti | 1812 | 46.08 | 0.25 | 18.648 | 0.101 | R.Dry | Private Land | M/s Zindal Stainless Limited | Tati-10 |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
| 3 | Kothavalasa | Datti | 218-2 | 2.91 | 0.099 | 1.178 | 0.040 | Sarkar Poramboku | Government | Government land (Vagu) | - |
| | | | | | | | | | Land | | |
+-----+-------------+-------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+------------------+------------------+---------------------+--------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------+
Total (Katakapalli)
3.281 1.192 1.328 0.482
Total (Datti)
70.17 0.882 28.397 0.357
+-----+---------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| S.No.| NAME OF THE VILLAGE | TO BE ACQUIRED AREA (IN AC.CTS) | TO BE ACQUIRED AREA (IN HA) |
+=====+=====================+===================================+================================+
| 1 | Katakapalli | 1.192 | 0.482 |
+-----+---------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| 2 | Datti | 0.882 | 0.357 |
+-----+---------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| | TOTAL | 2.074 | 0.839 |
+-----+---------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------------+
[F. No. CE/Con/I/VSKP /KTV-VZM 4th Line/ 2 Villages /Katakapalli-Datti/20E]
H. ANANTHARAMAN, Chief Engineer (Con.-II)
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